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| Michelle Obama's outfit for her husband Barack's inauguration as US president has drawn a mixed reaction from the fashion world. | Michelle Obama's outfit for her husband Barack's inauguration as US president has drawn a mixed reaction from the fashion world. |
| Her matching yellow-gold dress and coat caused fashion magazine Grazia UK to wonder about "the heavy fabric, the dull colour and the frumpy silhouette". | Her matching yellow-gold dress and coat caused fashion magazine Grazia UK to wonder about "the heavy fabric, the dull colour and the frumpy silhouette". |
| "Is she walking around in inaugural upholstery?" asked a former editor of Glamour magazine, Bonnie Fuller. | "Is she walking around in inaugural upholstery?" asked a former editor of Glamour magazine, Bonnie Fuller. |
| Others preferred to praise her for picking a little-known designer. | Others preferred to praise her for picking a little-known designer. |
| Cuban-born designer Isabel Toledo said the colour yellow represented hope and freshness. | Cuban-born designer Isabel Toledo said the colour yellow represented hope and freshness. |
| "I wanted to capture optimism, I wanted it to feel happy, I wanted it to feel inclusive," she told Reuters news agency. | "I wanted to capture optimism, I wanted it to feel happy, I wanted it to feel inclusive," she told Reuters news agency. |
| LA Times fashion critic Booth Moore wrote that Michelle Obama had turned "the page on American design", choosing an ensemble designed not "by one of the aging custodians of the 7th Avenue Establishment" but by "a Cuban-American whom nobody knows but everyone should". | LA Times fashion critic Booth Moore wrote that Michelle Obama had turned "the page on American design", choosing an ensemble designed not "by one of the aging custodians of the 7th Avenue Establishment" but by "a Cuban-American whom nobody knows but everyone should". |
| The red and black dress Mrs Obama wore on election night in November also divided opinion. | The red and black dress Mrs Obama wore on election night in November also divided opinion. |
| 'Fashion panache' | 'Fashion panache' |
| Grazia style director Paula Reed, who otherwise commended the new First Lady on her "single-minded fashion sense", did not stop at the dress but zoomed in on "the hideous white shiny tights that she first accessorised it with". | Grazia style director Paula Reed, who otherwise commended the new First Lady on her "single-minded fashion sense", did not stop at the dress but zoomed in on "the hideous white shiny tights that she first accessorised it with". |
| Many believe that First-Lady-in-waiting Michelle Obama is set to create a similar storm in the fashion world [to that created by Jacqueline Kennedy] Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Washington The new first lady of style? | Many believe that First-Lady-in-waiting Michelle Obama is set to create a similar storm in the fashion world [to that created by Jacqueline Kennedy] Rajini Vaidyanathan BBC News, Washington The new first lady of style? |
| "We have been wondering all afternoon, on whose friendly advice and when did she decide to ditch?" she wrote. | "We have been wondering all afternoon, on whose friendly advice and when did she decide to ditch?" she wrote. |
| "Were they ditched in the loo or a secret service agent's glove compartment after a desperate text message from a stylish friend?" | "Were they ditched in the loo or a secret service agent's glove compartment after a desperate text message from a stylish friend?" |
| Remarking that she "looked way better with bare legs", Reed did find favour in "her chic Jimmy Choo 'Glacier' pumps".Mrs Obama later changed into a white gown designed by Jason Wu | Remarking that she "looked way better with bare legs", Reed did find favour in "her chic Jimmy Choo 'Glacier' pumps".Mrs Obama later changed into a white gown designed by Jason Wu |
| Along with the deep green shoes, Mrs Obama wore olive green gloves from the chain store JCrew. | Along with the deep green shoes, Mrs Obama wore olive green gloves from the chain store JCrew. |
| Hamish Bowles, Vogue magazine's European editor-at-large, found the inaugural dress "appropriate, dignified and elegant". | Hamish Bowles, Vogue magazine's European editor-at-large, found the inaugural dress "appropriate, dignified and elegant". |
| "It also had a considerable element of fashion panache," he told the Associated Press. | "It also had a considerable element of fashion panache," he told the Associated Press. |
| Writing on the www.huffingtonpost website, Ms Fuller added that while the merits of the yellow dress were "definitely debatable... what's obvious is that Michelle has made a major statement with her outfit". | Writing on the www.huffingtonpost website, Ms Fuller added that while the merits of the yellow dress were "definitely debatable... what's obvious is that Michelle has made a major statement with her outfit". |
| "She's not going to be stuffy, she'll remake the rules of First Lady-ness, just as she's remaking the rules of what's acceptable and stunning to wear on inauguration day," the former Glamour editor wrote. | "She's not going to be stuffy, she'll remake the rules of First Lady-ness, just as she's remaking the rules of what's acceptable and stunning to wear on inauguration day," the former Glamour editor wrote. |