Fashion Icons: Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

American and French first ladies Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

Michelle Obama's Vogue's Cover hits best sellers list

The frameworthy issue sold 560,000 copies on the newsstand, 1,000 more copies than their most recent best selling September issue. WWD writer Stephanie D. Smith says, “The First Lady has been featured on the covers of Ladies Home Journal, More, Ebony, People and Us Weekly, however sales for those titles have varied. (According to Advertising Age, sales for the September issue of Ladies Home Journal with both her and husband President Barack Obama on the cover were 21 percent smaller than the year prior.) Obama is also featured on the April issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, along with Oprah Winfrey, and the May issue of Essence with her mother, Marian Robinson.“

Michelle Obama wears design by Isabel Toledo on Inauguration day

Designer Isabel Toledo PH: Ed Kavishe/fashionwirepress.com

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The dress and matching coat were made of a combination of fabrics—lace over wool, both of a slightly shiny, pale green-gold hue that Ms. Toledo dubs “lemongrass.” The designer incorporated a pashmina lining and handquilted cotton into the construction of the dress for warmth, since Mrs. Obama would be wearing the ensemble outdoors during the swearing-in and inaugural parade. (Mrs. Obama paired the ensemble with green patent-leather Jimmy Choo heels that were custom-ordered through Chicago boutique Ikram, according to the high-end shoe label.)