Michelle in a Green Kai Milla Dress as The Obama's Award Stevie Wonder...
*Update* Michelle Obama wearing a dress by Stevie Wonder's wife (who is a designer) Kai Milla (and Loree Rodkin bangles). A similar green dress from Kai Milla's Spring 2008 collection on the right.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrived to honor Stevie Wonder at the White House. He was awarded the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on February 25, 2009. The event celebrated musician Stevie Wonder being awarded the prize for Popular Song.
via HuffPo:
The president candidly discussed the important role that Wonder played in his own romantic life with the First Lady, calling it "the essence of our courtship," explaining that if he had not been a Stevie Wonder fan, Michelle would never had dated him, let alone married him. Michelle also told the crowd that she and Barack chose "You and I" as their wedding song (scroll down for video of classic Stevie singing "You and I").
Could this have been Kai Milla's opportunity (Stevie's designer wife) to dress the first lady? I don't think it's that much of a stretch for the first lady to want to wear a designer that they were hosting and honoring at the white house for the evening. And Kai Milla used a green color similar to the first lady's dress in her Spring '08 collection (seen in action here) with a strikingly similar pleating detail in a few of the dresses. It's nothing new for the first lady (or her covert stylist) to have things special made for her by designers. Kai Milla also submitted a few beautiful inaugural designs for the first lady (seen here) and you can check out even more of Kai Milla's style in a video from her Fall 2007 show here.
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the one i have is one of 4 ( michelle as two, kai has one, i have the 4th)
the belt was added later by michelle's design team
if interested in buying mine..email
jpatt2008@gmail.com