Isabel Toledo Speaks On Designing for First Lady Michelle O.

Michelle O. Encourages Students at the National Science Bowl..

First Lady Michelle Obama led a practice session for young people competing in the National Science Bowl, a nationwide competition coordinated by the Department of Energy to encourage interest in science among high school and middle school students on November 5, 2009 at the Department of Energy in Washington, DC.



First Lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Takoma Park Middle School students and National Science Bowl contestants, from left, Catherine Xue, Sarah Wagner, Daniel Amir, Avikar Periwal, and Alan Du, obscured, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the Energy Department in Washington. [photos via Getty Images and AP Photo]

A Night of Classical Music at the Whitehouse...

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President Barack Obama walked in with First Lady Michelle Obama (wearing a Talbots dress via NYMAG) to host an event celebrating classical music in the East Room of the White House on November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. [photo via Getty Images]

Michelle O. and The Iron Chef?

First lady Michelle O. Filmed a cameo appearance for The Iron Chef at the White House in late October. I look forward to seeing that episode :)

Via: The Michelle Obama Look Book

FLOTUS Promotes Leadership and Mentoring [VIDEO]

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke during a White House leadership and mentoring initiative for a group of local high school students November 2, 2009 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The 10th and 11th grade students will be paired with women in the White House to learn about their career paths. Looking on from left: student Jasmine Gross, student Iris Virgil, Domestic Policy Adviser and the Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes, student Katherine Buer, and White House Personnel Director Nancy Hogan.

via Politico:
At a gathering in the State Dining room, Obama told the girls that mentoring has always been important to her, and that she wanted to use her platform as first lady to "expand the mentoring role."

Second Lady Jill Biden, White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, and several members of the first lady's staff and the senior staff in the West Wing will serve as mentors.

In the coming months, Obama will take that program on the road, aides said. The West Wing also will launch a mentoring and leadership program for high school boys that the president will participate in, aides said.



Nice.

J. Crew Has Had a VERY Good Year (Thanks to Michelle O?)

Michelle O. wearing a J. Crew sweater and skirt in London, 2009
Michelle O's fondness of J. Crew is well documented by now. She likes it for herself. She likes it for her girls. So it's no surprise that J. Crew has had a stellar year this year, and Jenna Lyons, J. Crews creative director is being rewarded as such:

Jenna Lyons , creative director of J.Crew Group Inc., received a special bonus of $1 million this week, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ms. Lyons's design aesthetic has been credited for the recent success of the New York clothing company. Stronger-than-expected sales in October prompted J. Crew last week to nearly double its outlook for fiscal third-quarter earnings to between 54 and 59 cents a share, up from 30 to 33 cents a share. J. Crew's casual styles-embellished T-shirts, frilly blouses and chunky jewelry-have been widely copied in the mall apparel space.

I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that FLOTUS had something to do with this :)

The Obama's Discuss Marriage [VIDEO]

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POTUS & FLOTUS: Open up the White House for Trick or Treating...

First lady Michelle Obama (dressed as Catwoman!) greeted parents, trick-or-treaters and local school children at the north portico of the White House during a Halloween celebration on October 31, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Obamas are celebrating their first Halloween in the White House by inviting students and military families over for the holiday.



The President chose to come as...himself :)

via Politico:
POTUS, FLOTUS – as Cat Woman! – first grandma Marian Robinson and some 2,000 children and a few hundred adults are trick-or-treating at the White House for Halloween. Pool reports Obama dressed in casual slacks, checked shirt and a black sweater, while FLOTUS got into the spirit of things with an orange-and-black leopard-type top and cat ears, black eye shadow, her hair in a bun and lots of gold bracelets on one arm. POTUS deemed FLOTUS to be “a very nice-looking Cat Woman."

[photos via Getty and Reuters]

First and Second Ladies Michelle O. and Jill Biden Attend the World Series

Vice president's wife Jill Biden and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama stood with New York Yankees Hall of Famer Yogi Berra after he threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 1 of the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series in New York, October 28, 2009. [photo via Reuters]

Michelle O. Covers Glamour Magazine's Annual Women's Issue...

Glamour is honoring First Lady Michelle Obama with a Special Recognition award for her commitment to mentoring young women. (She also appears on our cover--the first time in Glamour’s 70-year history that a First Lady has ever done so.) You simply cannot talk about 2009 without talking about Mrs. Obama: and no, I don’t mean her status as a style icon (richly deserved though it may be). Just nine months into her job, our nation’s first African-American First Lady has thrown open the doors of the White House to local children and families, determined to show young people that, in her words, “there’s no magic to being here”--that with hard work, any one of us can rise to greatness. And at Glamour, we love that she’s particularly set on expanding young women’s horizons: The First Lady is establishing mentor relationships between top women in the administration and girls in need in DC, and is encouraging women leaders around the country to do the same where they live. Love that.

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Desiree Rogers Stands in for Michelle O. at the National Design Awards

At the Cipriani uptown on 42nd Street, Paula Zahn was hosting the National Design Awards. Honorary patron First Lady Michelle Obama skipped it but sent White House social secretary Desirée Rogers in her place.

“Our future depends on everyone having access to the arts,” Rogers said. “We are supporting creative and innovative ways to approach design.” [via WWD]

Michelle O. on Jay Leno [VIDEO]

Did you miss first lady Michelle Obama (wearing one her fave Thakoon dresses) on Jay Leno? Well, we got you covered, watch below:

Michelle O. Speaks on How Health Insurance Reform Matters to Women [VIDEO]

The Obama Family: The Official First Family Portrait..

The White House Photo Office has released the official Obama family portrait taken by Annie Leibovitz in the White House Green Room. A fabulous photo of a fabulous family :)

Michelle O. Speaks at the Dept. of Veteran Affairs...

First lady Michelle Obama spoke to staff members of the Department of Veteran's in Washington, October 20, 2009.



Michelle O. shook hands with those who attended her visit. [photos via AP Photo]