Michelle Obama has been busy promoting her brand new book over the past few weeks – and looking chic and polished every step of the way!
The Look was written by the former First Lady and her longtime stylist, and explores her fashion evolution over the years. The highly-anticipated book includes photos from her years in the White House, along with interesting anecdotes about some of her most talked-about outfits.
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Michelle Obama Says She Didn't Want Fashion To Pull Focus When She And Barack Obama Were In The White House
One thing the IMO podcast host has said both in the book and during its promotion is that she is having more fun with fashion now, both in terms of wearing it and talking about it.
She explains that during her time as First Lady, she deliberately kept her sartorial choices in the background so they wouldn't overshadow her and Barack Obama's work.
"The work of a First Lady is often about showing up at others' worst moments – and I never wanted to bring the distraction of fashion into a conversation with a family who had just lost a child or with a community that had been wracked by disaster," the Becoming author wrote in her book.
She added: "In times of crisis, I would throw on a button-up or T-shirt from my closet and focus the rest of my energy on connecting with the people before me."
Did Michelle Obama Shade Melania Trump's Fashion?
Some fans believe that the comment about keeping fashion in the background is a subtle dig at First Lady Melania Trump, who is known for making a statement with her highly-covetable outfits from the world's top fashion houses.
The mention of dressing appropriately during a "crisis" was likely a reference to the Slovenian-American former model's infamous 'I really don't care, do you?' jacket from Zara, which she controversially wore during a visit to a child detention center in 2018 amid the immigration crisis.
Many people speculated at the time that Melania wearing the jacket was a not-so-subtle jab at then-White House Senior Advisor and First Daughter Ivanka Trump, in relation to sharing First Lady duties. Katie Rogers' book American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden referenced this, with the author noting that Melania was constantly aware of "what the press, her critics, and her supporters were saying about her."
