FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA: PRACTICAL, STYLISH AND FASHIONABLE

INAUGURAL BALL

“How good-looking is my wife?” President Barack Obama asked the crowd at Tuesday night’s Neighborhood ball. The answer: Perfect, in a Jason Wu one-shouldered ivory gown.

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INAUGURATION

Michelle Obama becomes the first lady Tuesday in a custom Isabel Toledo yellow sheath and matching coat, Jimmy Choo teal heels and J. Crew leather gloves.

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KID’S INAUGURAL CONCERT

On Monday, Obama joins daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 (not pictured), to take in the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus in a lace tank, turquoise skirt and belted cardigan – all from J. Crew!

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DAY OF SERVICE

Obama spends the day before the inauguration volunteering at a Washington, D.C., high school in layers of blue over pinstriped slacks.

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WE ARE ONE CONCERT

For the star-studded concert on the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, she selects a custom camel and black ensemble by Narciso Rodriguez and Loree Rodkin earrings.

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ARLINGTON CEMETERY

Along with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill, Barack Obama joins his wife – in a lavender Narciso Rodriguez coat – to pay their respects after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.

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TRAIN TAKEOFF

To retrace an abridged portion of Abraham Lincoln’s train ride into Washington, D.C., Obama accents her wide-collar black coat with a purple scarf and matching gloves.

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MICHELLE OBAMA, MIXING THE PRACTICAL WITH THE VIGORISHLY STYLISH