On Tuesday Michelle Obama spoke prior to a screening of ‘The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights’ at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC as part of the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
As I have come to expect, Michelle used colour to celebrate this occasion, and you can’t get more colour and print on one dress than a Duro Olowu dress.
The London-based designer known for his festive, mixed-print frocks created this stunning silk-chiffon piece with a dipped hem for a flattering silhouette which has become his signature. You may remember that Keira Knightley wore a similar look on Jimmy Fallon last year.
Mrs O paired her dress with two-tone open-toe heels.
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Bold and beautiful.
+1. Not to mention the shoes — comfortable for standing yet snazzy.
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She looks amazing! I want this dress.
The dress is a mess but Michelle manages to make it look acceptable.
I might be okay with the main pattern (although it has quite a Hawaiian shirt vibe), but all the others produce quite a miss. Love how she styled it though, the shoes are a great addition!
Love it! What happened to her bangs?
So lovely, gotta be the most fashionable first lady ever. And the hair is much nicer without the fringe, lovely touch with the highlight at the front, and really nice classy bob length.
Love this look! A great silhouette for her, and the shoes are perfect. If I could change one thing, I’d remove the pattern around the neckline–for me it’s one too many.
She looks great. Love those shoes.
Love and Want this dress! She looks lovely.
I love this bold look on her. The shoes are amazing with this dress.
She looks wonderful! BDOTW! Love the shoes. She’s is amazing.
Totally impressed by this. What a bold risk-taking first lady! Kudos aplenty!
I like the bold mix of prints, the non-boring colored shoes are a welcome choice, she looks delightful.
Really great. It looks so casual and comfy, but polished. Perfect movie wear, ha.
slaying of course
I super love this look, the shoe choice was superb.
Lovely! And spot on for being all at once pretty, smart and fun for her mostly young/student audience at the documentary screening. I like that she always looks comfortable and relaxed in her clothes and that those of us watching her feel like she buys and wears the clothes because she actually does love them and more importantly, that she actually plucks them right out of her closet each morning. Just like we all do.
I particularly like that she isn’t contrived and never gives off that posing/trying too hard or “designer loaner” vibe we tend to get from so many. I like very, very much.