Michelle Obama Shines With J.Crew

A big "thanks!" to many of you, including Penny, Anon at 10:17 AM, GoldCoastGal, & krista.alana (in this post), as well as Anon at 11:50 AM (in this post), Leaderboys, Tweedybird, Jennifer, Adrienne, Jackie from DC, & JBinDC, who not only let us know that several J.Crew items were recently spotted on Michelle Obama, but also provided several links to articles featuring the news, including the Mrs. O website (click here). :)

Click here to see New York's Fashion take on this news. (This is also where the above image was taken from). There are several more articles discussing her choices for outfits while overseas, including the following from the Los Angeles Times (click here):

Michelle Obama sparkles in J.Crew
By Booth Moore
April 1, 2009

Against a backdrop of protests and economic angst, the fashion parade continues in London at the G-20 summit. Tuesday, First Lady Michelle Obama took off for London wearing an ivory Thakoon coat, then changed clothes on the plane before arriving in a chartreuse Jason Wu dress (love that, someone who travels in style).

By this morning, for a breakfast with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, and a visit to a cancer center, Obama had jettisoned the high-priced designer labels in favor of more fiscally conscious J.Crew -- a cheery, crystal-studded ivory cardigan and mint green jacquard pencil skirt.

The cardigan, by the way, is already sold out. (You can find similar beaded styles from the 1950s at almost any vintage store.) Next up, tea and cucumber sandwiches with the queen. Don't bet on seeing a hat, but maybe a sleeveless dress.

You just know that J.Crew's Mickey Drexler and Jenna Lyons are l-o-v-i-n-g the additional press coverage from Michelle Obama wearing both the Crystal Constellation Cardigan (Item 12280; $298.00) and the Dazzling-dots pencil skirt (Item 11804; $158.00)! ;)

As for First Lady Michelle Obama's outfit... it is an outfit that I would have never put together and it's definitely an outfit I could never pull off. With that said, I think she looks great! She looks both casual and chic. And the sparkles on that cardigan- absolutely pretty!

What are your thoughts on the different J.Crew items? Are you a fan of the sparkly cardigan? Do you like or dislike how First Lady Michelle Obama styled the pieces? :)