Archive for January 20th, 2009

Michelle Obama In Jason Wu Last November

Jason Wu was born in Taiwan and works in Manhattan. He is a relatively new designer and has just recently been picked up by Nordstrom. Jason Wu sells $3,000 to $6,000 evening gowns and day dresses that retail for $1,000 to $4,000. Michelle Obama previously wore Wu during her interview last November with Barbara Walters. Just as with her Isabel Toledo Inaugural dress, it was ordered through Chicago speciality retailer, Ikram.

Michelle Obama is wearing a vintage green/yellow colored dress and overcoat from Isabel Toledo for the Inauguration Day Ceremonies. According to news sources, the dress is made out of satin-backed wool guipure, which is a kind of lace used it haute couture.

Isabel Toledo, 47, is Cuban-American and has been working as a fashion designer for 25 years. She has previously worked in the Anne Klein design house. Within the fashion circle, she is known as the “designer’s designer.”

Michelle Obama became a fan of Toledo through retailer Ikram Goldman, a Chicago store the First Lady is fond of.

The First Lady has already been seeing wearing an Isabel Toledo dress at the Vogue/Calvin Klein fundraiser last June.