Ikram Goldman Finally Speaks About Dressing Michelle Obama During the 2008 Campaign and Her Early Days in the White House Inline

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    Michelle Obama wears Jason Wu to her husband’s first inauguration, January 2009

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    Wearing Narciso Rodriguez in Washington, D.C., January 2009

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    In a Junya Watanabe sweater and a Michael Kors full skirt, 2009

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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, March 2009
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    Mrs. Obama wears a J.Crew salmon wool cardigan, top, and tweed skirt, in Vogue, March 2009

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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, March 2009
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    First Lady Michelle Obama in a Jason Wu magenta silk dress. The portrait was taken in March 2009 before the inauguration at the Hay-Adams hotel in Washington, D.C. A small crew from both Vogue and the photographer’s studio was on hand for the historic sitting.