lördag 28 maj 2011

Michelle Obama - what a role model!

Watch this!


Michelle Obama is dancing in Ellen de Generes´show:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y74NGlVOcIc



And, after her dance, what is she saying in the interview ? Watch it all, her conversation with Ellen:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngqUSlVQfbY

- I fell in love with Michelle Obama when she delivered her fantastic speech at the Democratic Party Convention, August 2008, when Barack Obama was appointed his party´s candidate for the US presidency:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=790hG6qBPx0








But - in love? - Yes, because in her speech, Michelle turned out to be:


- intelligent


- with a high ethical standard


- eloquent


- honest


- funny


- loving


- self- ironic




- and, in the middle of all this. she was wearing this dress, which precisely, without words, underlined her fabolous personality:

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Dress created byPeter Soronen



It was in this speech that Michelle Obama declared what her part would be, if she was going to become the country´s First Lady: what was she going to do? Was she going to be a factor of power like Hillary Clinton when she was the president´s wife? Or was she going to make cookies, like Barbara Bush?


Michelle Obama declared that she was going to be "Mom- in- Chief" - also in the future, the most important thing for her was her two daughters, as they always had been:






In expressing this not-threatening aspiration, they were put to peace, those people who maybe hade been worried about what this talented lawyer and carreer woman would start from the White House. 




- I t wasn´t just me who was struck by the unusual appearance that Michelle Obama made that night in Denver.Her dress and style underlined her pesonality - independent, dressing the way she wants without giving much thought to what was expected from her.

A woman who both has reflected on of her vision of society, says intelligent things,  and shows that she enjoys being a woman, feeling her worth - and dresses accordingly. So, a blog was started to follow Michelle Obama and to pay special attention to her way of clothing:

http://mrs-o.org/

Mrs-O.org is dedicated to following the fashion of First Lady Michelle Obama. The site hopes to be a central, ever evolving resource to chronicle Mrs.O’s style, while providing fashion commentary and information. The site encourages visitors to contribute tips, commentary and respectful dialogue.

The site was conceived and created by Mary Tomer Byun, "Mrs. T", in September 2008, in partnership with Zag, a division of her former employer, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. As of August 2010, Mary Tomer holds majority ownership of Mrs-O.org. She is currently pursuing her MBA at Columbia Business School in New York City.



This blog, Mrs-O.org, has had fantastic lots of material since that day in Denver, August 2008.
For Mrs. Obama has turned out to be a lot more than  "momma-in chief".
She has engaged herself in the caue of the veterans´families ( all the militaries who have served the US and come home and not received recognition or help to go on with their lives).
She has encouraged children, expecially young girls, to study and has visited schools all over the country and also abroad


Michelle Obama

"I want to encourage you to keep dreaming big, gigantic dreams, not just for yourself but for your communities," Michelle said in her opening address at an interaction with students at  St. Xavier's college, Mumbai, India.



and told them what great fun it is to study and to fight to excel, she has delievered speeches both at universities and pre-school fsacilities, reading books to the small children. 

She has also opened up the White House for arts, music, concerts, dancing,and for visits by youth and children:






Mrs. Obama has also launched a project against child obesity, encouraging children to eat better and to move more. Together with children from schools in Washington DC she has made an ecological garden on the White House south lawn:

flotus_garden1_blog






And she has accompanied hur husband on PR. trips, helping him to restore the  reputation of the US in the world. Here she is with Mme. Sarkozy, Carla Bruni, France´s First Lady:
 
Ensemble by Thakoon Panichgul, who made his first collection in 2004



And here she gives an interview in the tv Today talk-show: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41488071#41488071



This interview was talked about all over the world because of -
the dress.

This dress is NOT a design creation by one of the young fashion designers that often are favored by Mrs. Obama - no, this is a dress from H&M!Price: 50 dollars- - Now sold out all over the world.

While Michelle Obama dedicates herself to all these laudable activities, she is wearing these most fantastic, interesting, often bold and colourful clothes.


She has also given publicity to young, creative fashion designers (and here, the web site Mrs.O-org  and its many readers have helped identify the designer behind a garment and so helped to create attention for its creator) and by doing se enhanced a renewal of American fashion.


Fashion designers in this way made famous by Michelle Obama are, among others, Narciso Rodriguez (who created the dress Michelle wore during the election victory night in Grant Park, Chicago; Isabel Toledo, born in Cuba, who made the yellowish ensemble with pearl embroidery that Michelle was wearing during the inauguration ceremony when Barack Obama was sworn in as president; Moschino, Italian designer; Michael Kors; Peter Soronen, who is the man behind several of Michelle´s fairy tale evening gowns. Yet another favourite designer is Thakoon Panichgul, who made the beautiful ensemble Michelle wore at the state visit in France, photo above.


But Mrs. Obama isn´t just wearing expensive design clothes or tailor-made creations - J. Crew is a brand selling easy-to-wear, tasteful everyday garments and whose cardigans are loved by Michelle Obama:

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 So,  a sympathetic trait of  Mrs. Obama is that she dresses functionally, sometimes wearing simple and everyday clothes, sometimes wearing exclusive fashion - according to the context she is moving in. By doing so, women all over the world can be inspired by her - also be inspired to follow their own personal taste, just like she is doing, in all possible directions, thus expressing their own personality.




The previous rather stiff and conventional dress code of  official Washington DC has been opened up by the First Lady. (Now it is even reported that in the summer, the Washington ladies walk around bare-legged in sandals... which Michelle has shown is quite possible to be done.)


Michelle Obama wears exclusive and unique evening gowns,





  sports wear,




 relaxed flower summer dresses...


...is sometimes smashing,






sometimes more everyday ...





But the message comes across: "I think clothes are great fun, I like colour, flower patterns ...



....and accessories. I think what is important is what you do with your life, not the way you dress. And you can dress in a nice and feminine way and also accomplish a career, at the same time."







Michelle Obama is the first presidential wife with a doctoral degree (law). In 2006, she earned 273 618 dollars from University of Chicago Hospitals.


That same year, her husband´s income from the US Senate was
157 082 dollars.

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