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Entries in J. Crew (23)

Friday
13Nov2009

Mrs. O Rewears, Remixes Her J.Crew

Photo by Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Images

First Lady Mrs. O is hosting a women's health care event at the White House today, and for the occasion, is rewearing the famed J.Crew ensemble she first debuted on the Tonight Show in October 2008.

The November 2009 rendition of the ensemble includes a cut-out statement belt - definitely a hot item in Mrs. O's wardrobe as of late - and a sleek updo. Though we assume it's a coincidence, we cannot help but observe the remarkable color coordination with the golden yellow drapes in the background.

Click here to read the first lady's remarks from the event (it seems Mrs. O has a cold!). And apologies to those who commented earlier. We somehow deleted our first version of this post!

Monday
19Oct2009

Mrs. O Set for "Jay Leno" Appearance

It was late last October that Mrs. O, not yet first lady, was impressing us with her sartorial savvy on the Tonight Show, dressed in a full J.Crew ensemble.

When it was announced today that the first lady will appear on "The Jay Leno Show" this Friday, appearing via satellite from Washington to participate in Leno's 10 @ 10 segment, we couldn't help but feel a familiar excitment.

What will Leno ask? And crucially, what will Mrs. O wear? We would love to hear your predictions.

Wednesday
07Oct2009

Styling Mrs. O

We normally do not go for this sort of thing, but Closet Couture has a fun, new contest that's absolutely worth a peek: the Michelle Obama Styling Contest. You're armed with a virtual J.Crew wardrobe that can be dragged and dropped to create a look bespoke for the first lady. The Closet Couture editors will select a winner next week, who will then receive a $150 gift card from J.Crew. We just gave it a whirl (see resulting ensemble above). How did we do? We would love to see what you put together for Mrs. O too!

Update: We're excited to add that Closet Couture will be giving away a copy of Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy as a runner-up prize in the contest. Check it out here.

Wednesday
29Apr2009

Serving on the 100th Day

Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

First Lady Mrs. O and Dr. Jill Biden joined 160 Congressional spouses and children to volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank today. Mrs. O and Dr. B are pictured with Lynn Brantley, Executive Director of the Capitol Area Food Bank and Vicki Escarra, President and CEO of Feeding America. Mrs. O wears J.Crew's Featherweight cashmere argyle cardigan in silver olive salt, paired with cropped gray pants and Lanvin's cap toe sneakers. Click here to see another fantastic image from today's event (thank you American-n-Rome!) P.S. We do love Dr. B's cropped white pants and silver flats!

Thanks to Janelle, who informs us the latter are Tory Burch's ‘Reva’ ballerina flats.

Thursday
02Apr2009

Look Good...Feel Better

Visit to Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre Image via Flickr user Downing Street / Creative Commons In the midst of our adulation over Mrs. O's J.Crew ensemble yesterday (we're still enamoured!), we failed to highlight how the First Lady actually spent her morning. Along with Sarah Brown, Mrs. O visited Maggie's Center, a facility for cancer patients in central London. ABC News blog has a great write-up here.

"This is pretty amazing. It's an oasis. An oasis that is necessary for people who are struggling," Mrs. O told the center’s staff over a cup of steaming tea. "It's a quiet place that makes people feel whole."

The visit included a stop into the center's Look Good...Feel Better program, a public service organization that helps women, men and teens cope with appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. The program includes two-hour workshops with 12-step skin care and make-up application lessons, demonstrations of options for dealing with hair loss and nail care techniques. Per ABC News, First Lady Mrs. O talked about her own "wonderful" makeup artist, Ingrid Grimes Myles, who volunteers for the same program in the U.S. While there's much and well-founded excitment in the wardrobe department this week, it's wonderful to see our remarkable, selfless First Lady continue to champion great social causes. (Thanks to a Mrs. O reader Christy for bringing this story to our attention!)