There was a whole segment on the Today show about the fashion sense of Mrs. Obama. I was watching bits and pieces so I decided to look it up on their website. As I am reading, I see, Michelle Obama is NOT a fashion icon. Now they weren't saying it in a negative way, they were saying that she is too real to be iconic, that she doesn't have a signature look...
Jason Wu described her as "...a stimulus package for the fashion industry." The clothing that she is seen wearing seems to fly off of the shelves. I was watching VideoFashion Daily and they interviewed the make-up artist for the BabyPhat show...his inspiration? Michelle Obama. The queen of opulence herself, Ms. Kimora Lee, had her models in make-up that was simple and classic. Go figure. This was not the only reference to Mrs. Obama during the episode. A fashion editor praised the effortless style of Mrs. Obama...
Michelle Obama not an icon? It is fashion week, and instead of having a segment on Fashion Week in general, they are discussing the First Lady? Being referenced on numerous occasions at fashion week, and is slowly but surely changing women's ideas about the way they dress proves that she is on the road to becoming a fashion icon. Isn't fashion about new and refreshing ideas and aesthetics? I am not saying that she has turned the fashion world on its head but her style has steadily been on the fashion radar. Fresh, effortless, classic, all elements of her style, all are elements that are praised in the fashion world, but few really display or obtain it.
To say that she is not an icon is not giving credit where credit is due. I guess one has to fit under the bell curve of what the insiders think is icon status. One standard deviation from the mean; chic, two standard deviations out; daring, three; icon status. Well how about this? Michelle Obama is creating her own bell curve. You find your space beneath it.
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