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PHOTOS: Is This Michelle Obama’s Coolest Look Yet?

Barack Obama may have skipped out on wearing a Hawaiian shirt in the hopes of rendering this weekend’s APEC conference a little more stylish, but it was the First Lady who really stole the sartorial show.

In past years, heads of states have posed together in the traditional costumes of the host nation, but not anymore.

“I got rid of the Hawaiian shirts because I looked at pictures of some of the previous APEC meetings and some of the garb that appeared previously and I thought this might be a tradition that we might want to break,” Obama said late Sunday. “I suggested to leaders, we gave them a shirt and I promise you if they wanted to wear it that would have been fine but I didn’t hear a lot of complaints about breaking precedent.”

Plain old suits? How boring. Thankfully, Michelle stepped out in a knee-length, custom Vera Wang dress featuring a pink organza draped shoulder and some serious statement jewelry.

We’ve written before about the difference between pretty and cool and, if you ask us, this look is straight up Obama-brand cool. Do you agree?





  • Dsm58

    “Obama brand cool” is not what I want in a President.  I want serious.  I want substantive.  Perhaps most of your readers only want a ‘cool’ president because they thought they were voting for class president rather than president of the U.S.A.  

  • Anonymous

    This is one of the ugliest dresses I have ever seen.

  • Fitchpatrick

    I would much rather see sophistication and elegance.  Cool does not get it.  One thing for sure, Mrs. Obama was not the right vehicle for this design.

  • Dee

    What haters on this site…get over yourselves!  I LOVE the look!

  • Carla7145

    Something is wrong with the dress and/or the fit.  It looks all rumpled around the stomach; as if, material underneath is not smooth.  Anyone can see this.  Why didn’t Michelle, Vera Wang, or Mr. O, himself, notice this.  Also, how wonderful that the first lady flaunts a “Vera Wang Original” while many in the United States are out of work, homeless, and hungry.  Way to go POTUS & FLOTUS, you did it again.  I guess a socialist can wear a designer original and show off their shoulders and toned arms, while the country her husband is supposed to be saving is SUFFERING.

  • Patriot

    Looks like three colors of Saran Wrap.

  • Will Kane

    Isn’t there a rule no sleeveless dresses after Labor Day? I am so sick of her and those bare arms.

  • Will Kane

    OMG it just dawned on me. Michelle must of been one of those ugly ducklings that no one ever paid attention to (explains why no former boyfriends have come forward) and now that she is the first lady gets to parade around taking in all the attention. What she doesn’t understand next year when they are gone no one will care what she wears for she will be a no one again.

  • Crimebuster7

    You asked so I must comment..NO..NO..NO IT IS NOT COOL. That dress is rumpled all over and the colors are horrible. If this is a Vera Wang creation, Miss Wang needs to go back to the drawing board. Where is M.O. getting all these completely FUGLY outfits. I swear the person dressing her must have gone to CLOWN SCHOOL…

  • Anonymous

    @Dsm58, your comment proves you are not well informed, President Obama is all of what you say he isn’t and then some.  Your problem is jealousy, you’re envious and jealous of how he’s able to be so smart, and so damn cool at the same time…get over Dsm58,  stop hating, join life, it’s beautiful. 

  • Anonymous

    First Lady Michelle represented us well on this trip…she turned heads… It’s amazing how she towers over all the rest of the First Ladies, and all of her outfits on the trip were  gorgeous.  I am so very proud of her…she shines in whatever she does.

  • Anonymous

    Hey Carla, can you spell JEALOUS!

  • Mary

    Her arms are all she has going for her. Just be happy she doesn’t wear mini skirts!

  • Mary

    She is a phlebotomists dream. Look at those manly veins in her arms!

  • Millenniumdawg

    Obviously, edieanderson has a dog in this race, and in this case, a real dog.

  • Autopeep

    r u kidding??? this joker gotta go, mofo

  • Anonymous

    She can make must dresses look ugly..she has no waistline and she wear clothes that accentuate that.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YUOROYHKTKXZAQAECQFR2PUPOM Noelle C

    Wait, saying what he wants and giving an opinion proves that he is not well-informed, then you give an opinion and say what you want – but it is?

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/YUOROYHKTKXZAQAECQFR2PUPOM Noelle C

    I think she looked pretty in this, but I also think it was a HORRIBLE PR move to wear Vera Wang.  The Thrift Store buys made her seem a little closer to the people, even if it was consignment and not really thrift store at all. 

  • Anonymous

    I think she just needs a spanx to smooth out the tummy fat most of us have. Then it would be lovely.

  • Anonymous

    You don’t get the appeal, Dsm58. The Obamas are cool BECAUSE they are serious, substantive, articulate, hardworking people, who happen to have great style. And Michelle Obama is a seriously beautiful first lady, a great role model for young women. Trying hard here to imagine who you think IS serious and substantive, if not Barack Obama. Herman Cain? Michelle Bachmann? Mitt Romney?? Please. 

  • Sullr

    You pratt this is article about the clothing and how cool it is – don’t be dumb arse and confuse the two.

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