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 Fashion designers are all excited over the ball gown that Michelle Obama is going to wear as the next first lady of the United States after her husband's inauguration on Tuesday as the 44th president.
"Just about everyone yearns to dress Michelle, who could raise the profile of American fashion around the world," added Women's Wear Daily senior editor named Bobbi Queen.
Sources have thrown more light on the news of Michelle Obama. It is said that Michelle has already demonstrated a keen ability to shift seamlessly between designer attire, including Chicago designers namely Thakoon and Narciso Rodriguez, Maria Pinto, and mass market brands such as H&M, J. Crew and Gap.
Forty four year old Barack Obama has already been named as a fashion icon by magazine editors, fashion designers and a flurry of bloggers. Her fashion sense first took center stage when she was photographed by Vogue magazine in autumn 2007.
Barack Obama harbors a modern, elegant style and does not hesitate to wear colors, and shuns putting on airs.
Moreover WWD has invited several designers to present the dream attire for Barack Obama on the website of this popular magazine. Participating designers include Karl Lagerfeld and Christian Lacroix, who drew three attires, including a black sheath dress with long satin gloves with a bright red cape.
The Washington Post also launched a contest for its readers to propose original designs for Obama's inaugural ball.
"We did get quite a lot of interest in the competition, almost 200 entries." The comment has been made by the newspaper's fashion critic Robin Givhan.
"There is an incredible amount of enthusiasm, and what was nice to see was that there were a lot of drawings from young children."
But experts say that Michelle Obama should wear a dress by an American designer.
It is also said, "She can do anything she chooses but it would certainly be a tribute to the country from which she is first lady to wear American designers for the inauguration."
All the observers also suggest that she would wear something more subdued in recognition of the hard economic times.
"I'm sure she won't have an over-the-top gown studded with diamonds and rubies," "It will be something suitably quiet for the times," added etiquette expert Letitia Baldrige, former social secretary to first lady Jackie Kennedy.
Despite all the buzz, few dare make a prediction. With images of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president set to travel the world, any noticeable lack of taste would be a grave, unforgivable mistake.
On 4th November Michelle Obama's dress on the night of her husband's historic election had its critics. Worn in Chicago's Hyde Park, the dress by Narcisco Rodriguez was black with two large red spots.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony, who has written extensively about first ladies, said, "The first lady is a balancing act between being a queen and a commoner," "The inaugural gown is a metaphor for the first lady role."
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