Michelle Obama fashion - check out Isabel Toledo, and get the look from Lanvin

Michelle Obama fashion - check out Isabel Toledo, and get the look from Lanvin

January 21st, 2009

The new First Lady Michelle Obama surprised and pleased plenty of fashion journalists with her choice of outfit for her husband’s inuaguration - a gold embossed coat and shift dress.

The coat and shift dress are by the Cuban-born designer Isabel Toledo, a designer who is considered quite avant garde. Sher works with her husband, a sculptor, focusing on cut and construction rather than trends.

In the UK the luxury fashion and lifestyle site Couture Lab, currently have a couple of pieces by Isabel Toledo available to buy, which you can see here - her new collection is expected at Couture Lab soon. (We’ll blog about the new Isabel Toledo collection when it arrives.)

If you’re looking for a dress in a similar style to Michelle Obama’s check out this gorgeous bright yellow sleeveless jewelled dress by Lanvin. With glass and plastic beading and strands of silver toned beads, this yellow Lanvin sleeveless jewelled dress is €2,439 at MyTheresa.

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Apparently Michelle Obama also had a cardigan on, though I expect she was still freezing. (That would be the hardest part for me. I could have sat shivering through his fabulous speech. In fact I did sit shivering through his fabulous speech, as our central heating had gone off. But once they got to the inauguration poem I would have been shrieking for a hot water bottle and a big cashmere blanket. Then again, I’m not really into poems.)

So keep warm in your shift dress with a cosy cashmere round neck cardigan from cashmere specialists Denner Cashmere. This cashmere cardigan is available in a range of colours - primrose yellow cashmere cardigan is currently £73, reduced from £97, in the Denner Cashmere sale.

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Finally, did anyone else notice those gorgeous pale green leather gloves Michelle Obama was wearing? I love coloured leather gloves, they always look so chic. And you get to shop more as you need different colours for different outfits. There is a fantastic range of coloured leather gloves at the Anedoti boutique - including this beautiful pair of green leather silk lined leather gloves, below, for £42.50.

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By the way, we know Michelle Obama is a hot shot lawyer and not just a fashion plate. And we’d have blogged about Barack’s outfit too, only there’s not much to say about a well cut suit and a long coat, lovely though they were.