Inaugural Balls

The first couple celebrated 17 years together with a subdued dinner in Washington’s West End……the Southern Inaugural Ball on January 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Obamas will be attending 10 Inaugural Balls. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States, becoming…

I knew she would surprise us. Michelle Obama did not pick any of the obvious choice designers for the inaugural balls, but 10% of you picked Jason Wu in my poll, so well done to you.The First Lady looked exquisite wearing a white chiffon one-shouldered gown by Jason Wu.The gown had floral…

Poor Diane Sawyer. ABC News kept her on the air for an entire 24 hours over the course of the inauguration. Not surprisingly, Sawyer started……crazy, slurred speech was probably just due to extreme exhaustion. The Inaugural Balls went on all night and it looks like Good Morning…

As the WSJ's Heard on the Runway points out, last fall Jason Wu was considered a talented and emerging young designer. But since Michelle Obama chose Jason Wu dresses to wear for the inaugural balls and her first Vogue cover, he's suddenly gone from being the up and coming to the made it big. On…

A few folks are salty at First Lady Michelle Obama because she did not choose to wear a gown from a black designer during the many Inaugural balls she attended with husband, President Barack Obama: The Black Artists Association is upset with our new First Lady for not wearing clothes by…

We don't really know, but it is drop-dead gorgeous. While looking through pictures of Ted Kennedy's birthday celebration on Sunday night, we……Jill "The Lady In Red" Biden in a strapless Reem Acra gown at the inaugural balls. The picture in question. From left: Jill Biden,…

Now that the inaugural balls are over, stylistas are pondering the symbolism behind Barack Obama's Hart Schaffner Marx tuxedo and Michelle Obama's Jason Wu gown. In techland, however, folks are focused on just one item: The BlackBerry.

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Kama una kumbuka vizuri kwenye Inaugural Balls watoto wake Malia Anne (10), Sasha (7) pamoja na yeye wote walikuwa wametinga viwaro kutoka kwa m'bunifu Jason Wu.Pichani Kwenye Jarida la Mitindo "Vogue" la mwezi March, Michelle Obama kwa mara nyingine tena ndani ya gauni lililobuniwa na m'bunifu…

WASHINGTON — Short on sleep but with a long to-do list, President Obama walked into the Oval Office at 8:35 a.m. Wednesday for 10 contemplative minutes alone. Then the change began. Hours after hiswhirlwind tour of 10 Inaugural Balls that ended early...

President Obama isn't the only O on the line after the first 100 days in office. It's also time to review the performance of the First Lady — did……that Barack couldn't keep his hands and lips off her through eight inaugural balls and in front of millions of viewers. A+ to the couple for…

It took less than a week for another Jason Wu dress to make a public appearance... albeit this appearance, in comparison to the inaugural balls, was a little more low-key. In Sunday's New York Times profile of Wu, "Milk" actress Alison Pill stopped by his studio for a fitting of an emerald dress,…

By last Thursday night, with the changing of the guard in Washington complete, some star power had returned to New York, and there, in the grand……figures in tuxedos, such as might have been found at one of the lesser inaugural balls: Stone Phillips, Iowa governor Chet Culver, "Hill…

Michelle Obama will join her husband in attending 10 inaugural balls tonight, so she will need one very special gown.I am as excited to see the gown itself and who she wears tonight. Just for fun please pick which designer you think she will wear. I tried to keep the list American based…

Katie's hair is all business up front. But it's lost the party in the back. That's right, The Couric Mullet has gone missing! Katie committed a……First Ladies to see how Michelle's choices stack up. At the Inaugural Balls, the first couple twirled to the song "At Last," which…