Everyone Wants To Be Like Michelle Obama

I was a little pissed the day after Obama sealed the nomination because, for all the hysteria that some folks were in over the battle with Hillary, some women on one of my yahoo groups launched straight into a "Michelle needs a stylist" critiques. I was floored that the same folks who behaved as though they were so into the political process and mocking every move that Hillary Clinton made, would find joy not in Barack's win but in bashing his wife's wardrobe and hair.

In any case, seems they are in the minority as far as opinions. Many people like her style just fine. The dress that Michelle wore on The View was cute to me and apparently to lots of other folks!

On Wednesday, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a turn as co-host of TV talkfest “The View.” When the show’s audience saw her breezy, black-and-white, high-waisted print dress designed by Ricco, they had to have it. Virtually overnight, the dress all but sold out at the White House/Black Market boutiques that sell it for an affordable $148.

“I’m very happy. I’m very surprised. I had no idea she would be wearing this dress,” Ricco told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Friday in New York. “But it’s sort of a natural happening for me, because I’ve been designing dresses a long time. We ship a lot of dresses to the stores, and I’m happy that Michelle chose this dress to wear on ‘The View.’ ”