First lady Michelle Obama comes correct when it come to style – even as she traipsed out to the “backyard” of the White House to harvest vegetables from her garden with students from Bancroft and Kimball elementary schools.
Fittingly, the fashionable first lady was draped in the color of royalty — purple — to speak with the children on how to eat healthily and prudently before they picked barrels-full of vegetables out of Obama’s kitchen garden. Obama wore a purple palette: a purple T-shirt and purple cardigan with a purple-studded belt, most likely by Sacai, some within the throng of observing press speculated. Obama wore blue pants and purple Converse sneakers. She tastefully accessorized her casual outdoor wear with her “Hope” and peace symbol necklaces. Even as she got knee-deep in dirt and unearthed massive potatoes and lettuce from her meticulously maintained garden, press members were whispering about her accoutrements (view the first lady’s attire during her fall harvest at https://photos.rollingout.com).
There were separate accounts of Obama’s garden attire in the New York Times, Washington Post and multiple blog sites in the days that followed Obama’s fall harvest on the South Lawn of the White House. A new book was also released to the public on the day of the vegetable hunt, Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy. The book, written by Mary Tomer, founder of the extremely popular Web site, Mrs-O.org, meticulously chronicles Obama’s vast influence in the fashion industry — which hasn’t been seen since the days of the “first” Mrs. O — Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis. Keela Starr of KStarr Management, which represents individuals in the fashion, modeling and entertainment industries, theorizes on Obama’s transcendent fashion appeal.
“Michelle Obama’s a fashion icon because … she has displayed the regal elegance of first ladies like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Nancy Reagan,” Starr says. “Being the first lady she’s looked upon by women as THE fashion icon. Her sense of style is classic couture yet relatable to the average woman,” explains Starr.
And based upon the popularity of blogs and Web sites devoted to the first lady, millions of women are unquestionably enthralled by and will continue to emulate Obama’s fashion statements. –terry shropshire
