Michelle Obama Slays In Chainmail for Her Last State Dinner
By Ani Bundel
Michelle Obama’s final major State Dinner formal appearance before the election was last night, and the First Lady did it in style.
Michelle Obama has been a fashion icon ever since she stepped foot in the White House, but this is no paper doll Jackie O fashion plate. She’s not only been a role model for women, an outspoken advocate of her chosen causes and a force to be reckoned with, but she’s done it with a sex appeal that’s slayed all comers.
Last night was her final formal State Dinner, featuring the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, and for the occasion she turned it up to eleven. No staid feminine ballgown, no formal gussies frills and furbelows. Instead, Michelle O rocked one of the slinkiest designers working in formalwear today: Donatella Versace. The number she picked was from the Versace Couture brand line, known as Atelier Versace.
And perhaps knowing the slings and arrows that have been hurled at herself and her husband by racist hysterics in the Trump campaign, she made it chainmail to boot. Rose gold, of course.
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 18: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and first lady Michelle Obama (2nd L) stand with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Mrs. Agnese Landini upon arrival for a state dinner at the White House, October 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama is hosting the last state visit of his presidency. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Let’s take a look at that dress from a couple more angles, shall we? After all, this is our final turn with one of the most glamorous, yet intelligent First Ladies of our lifetime. We may never see her like again.
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk out to welcome Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini on the North Portico of the White House before the state dinner in Washington on October 18, 2016. / AFP / YURI GRIPAS (Photo credit should read YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)
(His *face!* He knows how damn lucky he is.)
US First Lady Michelle Obama poses for a photo as she welcomes the wife of Italian Prime Minister, Agnese Landini, on the North Portico of the White House before a state dinner in Washington, DC on October 18, 2016. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait for the arrival of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini on the North Portico of the White House before a state dinner in Washington, DC on October 18, 2016. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
We salute you and your fashion choices Michelle O. We will miss seeing you on a daily basis, reminding us how to carry yourself with dignity and grace when those around you are faceplanting into the mud.
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And we do dearly hope that Hillary invites you back to attend every formal occasion in DC for the next eight years of her presidency.