Michella Obama's State of the Union dress – stylewatch

The meaning of Michelle Obama’s upper arms is a topic to which we will clearly need to return at length before this presidency is out, but for now let’s talk about the dress. The colour was the prime talking point of the State of the Union address, before designer Narciso Rodriguez confirmed that it is officially “marigold”. (The exact same colour was mustard when J Lo wore it to the Golden Globes two days earlier, but go figure) The sunniness of the tone was a deliberately upbeat note, chosen as the Obamas begin the final, legacy-minded stretch of their White House tenure. Compare and contrast with last year’s serious, dark-toned skirt suit, which chimed with her husband’s 2015 speech focussing on income inequality. Continue Reading.....