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Home • Fashion

First Lady Style: Best Summer Looks

From florals to blocks of color, from pencil skirts to cardigans, we check out Mrs. Obama's sweetest styles of the season.
By Celia L. Smith · Updated October 28, 2020
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Field of Dreams

We were swooning over Mrs. Obama’s dreamy ombré “toile de joie” dress from Boy. By Band of Outsiders and matching periwinkle cardigan during her interview for the Associated Press.

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Style & Grace

Michelle Obama was sitting pretty on Good Morning America, sporting a beautiful flower embroidered skirt by Talbots and her favorite Azzedine Alaia leather belt.

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Flower Girl

At the North Carolina campaign field office, FLOTUS sported country-fresh florals designed by Tracy Reese in a beautiful canary and grey palette.

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Fly First Lady

The first lady certainly travels fly. Upon arriving in Chicago for a wedding, Mrs. Obama sported a pleated floral skirt, black tank, an Azzedine Alaia belt, ballet flats and a matching doctors bag.

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Emerald City

The First Lady’s style of choice for the White House annual picnic was a fresh green frock with yellow colorblocking and matching ballet flats. Such a vibrant selection.

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Colorblocking Cool

Along the campaign trail, the First Lady stopped by a local bakery in Virginia in a sweet ensemble – an Ann Taylor tank top, pink pencil skirt, Jason Wu handbag and gorgoeous clustered necklace.

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Rainbow Beauty

Mrs. O’s brightest Summer moment was in this colorful pixelated-print shift dress by Preen with matching turquoise kitten heels.

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Painterly Print

Michelle Obama first donned this wisteria-print Tracy Feith dress back in 2009 at the inaugaration, and we didn’t mind seeing it again this past Memorial Day at the Arlington National Cemetary.

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Gorgeously Green

Nothing says summer better than a lush green jacquard pleat dress by Barbara Tfank. This was the First Lady’s dress of choice at a White House Kids ‘State Dinner.’

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Cream of The Crop

At the book signing for American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America Michelle Obama opted for a tonal cream look – a short sleeve key-hole top, printed pencil skirt and d’orsay kitten heels.

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Bold Blue

This was a tried and true fashion moment for Mrs. O. The wide-leg cobalt blue pants and matching flats, colorful tank and teal cardi was right on-trend.

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Plaid Perfection

Mrs. O has always been one to sport fab, affordable pieces and this ASOS plaid midi dress proves our point.

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In The Navy
Mrs. O made it a chic meet and greet at Camp Noah in Alabama, wearing a navy trench-style dress and Azzedine Alaia belt.
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Sweet Rose

During a portrait unveiling at the White House The First Lady brought her “A” game in a grey and white rose-print shift dress by Prabal Garung and metallic silver belt.

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Chic Shift
When rallying Barack supporters Mrs. Obama does it in style. In Florida the First Lady sported a Chris Benz green and aqua print shift dress and a jeweled House of Lavande belt.
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Royalty

The First Lady’s most regal look was appropriately at the Buckingham Palace in London during the Olympics Opening Ceremony reception. She dazzled us in a J. Mendel metallic embroidered top and pleated skirt with Manolo Blahnik kitten heels and Azaara earrings.

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