Michelle Obama Channeled Blake Lively, Changed Her Outfit 3 Times in 24 Hours
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If Michelle Obama and Blake Lively are any indication, one outfit a day just isn’t enough anymore. On Tuesday, the first lady and her husband, President Barack Obama, welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe to the United States—in style (well, Michelle at least).
For the first ceremony of the day, the 51-year-old (yes, she looks shockingly young) wore a watercolor ensemble from Filipino designer Monique Lhuillier. The coat and dress featured an abstract scene of a pastel hued sunrise/sunset over the ocean. She paired the metallic-sheen ensemble with a similarly shiny low-slung silver heel.
From the White House to Great Falls Elementary School in Great Falls, Virginia, Michelle changed into a Tadashi Shoji long-sleeved dress (maybe in the motorcade?). To meet and greet with students alongside the PM’s wife, she turned up in a multicolored floral dress with lace detailing on the hem from the Japanese-born Los Angeles-based designer’s Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear collection.
On the final stop of the FLOTUS fashion tour de force, she pulled out all the stops in a bright purple gown. For the state dinner—whose guest list included George Takei, Russell Wilson and new girlfriend Ciara, and Shonda Rhimes with a meal prepared by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto—in honor of their guests, Michelle gave a nod to the foreign dignitaries by wearing a number, again from Tadashi Shoji, who hails from their country. From the Fall 2015 Ready-to-Wear collection, the vibrant dress featured feathers and an embroidered tulle full skirt.
While the First Lady’s three to Lively’s double digit switches is incomparable, Obama’s diplomatic dressing has much more meaning than the actress’s attempts to sell her own Preserve products through paparazzi pictures.
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