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Michelle Obama Stuns in Tracy Reese Dress During DNC Speech

09/05/2012 at 09:15 AM ET

Michelle Obama Dress DNC
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You may not be a fan of her politics, but it’s likely that if you watched the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, you were a fan of Michelle Obama‘s elegant ensemble.

The First Lady stunned during her evening address, taking the stage in Charlotte, NC, in a pink and blue brocade Tracy Reese dress.

“Thanks everyone for sharing this amazing moment,” Reese Tweeted Tuesday night after news broke. “We are all so grateful and honored to have dressed Mrs. Obama for such a momentous speech!!”

Obama finished her look with complementary “Everly” suede J.Crew pumps (in rhubarb, $245), delicate Kimberly McDonald earrings, her signature side-parted hairstyle and subtle blue nail polish that set the Twitterverse abuzz. (UPDATE: A source on the First Lady’s team tells PEOPLE the hue was Artistic’s Colour Gloss gel in “Vogue”; she also says the White House was “flooded with requests” for the polish info after Obama’s speech.)

The First Lady has been a big proponent of American designers throughout her four years in the White House, and is particularly fond of Reese, choosing her designs for an international trip in 2011, a 2009 PEOPLE cover and a 2012 Ebony cover, among other occasions.

Though politics have certainly taken center stage during the Democratic and Republication conventions, fashion has found its way into the spotlight; last week, critics lauded Ann Romney’s cherry-red Oscar de la Renta dress, selected for her speech, and the $169 Talbots shift that Paul Ryan’s wife, Janna, wore during her husband’s address.

–Kate Hogan

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Connie on September 5th, 2012

Not a fan of her dress, I think it looks old fashioned (drapes). Loved her hair and make-up and nails, but also having been hit hard by the recession, I certainly couldn’t afford $245 shoes. Isn’t that a 1% purchase?!

jaonie on September 5th, 2012

WHAT has she done to her face lately??

janie on September 5th, 2012

No mention how much the dress was? Just saying :)

SL on September 5th, 2012

Unless it’s the angle, that dress makes her look reeeeally small on top and reeeeally big on the bottom. Very unflattering choice. Not a fan.

jones on September 5th, 2012

@Patti, really how is Mrs. Obama not professional? I don’t think she could have worked for many years in the jobs she had prior to becoming first lady without being professional. It is fine to disagree about who should be president, but I think both Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Romney are classy, just in different ways.

jones on September 5th, 2012

For the people commenting on the cost of her dress, Ann Romney wore an Oscar de la Renta dress for her speech. Did you comment on the price of it as well?

Monica05 on September 5th, 2012

@Patti,

You’re correct, she looks nothing like former First Ladies bc SHE’S BLACK! Are you blind & deaf??? To say she ‘has no class’ and isn’t ‘sophisticated, professional and demure’ is beyond WRONG! She is a role model & someone women of all races can look up to, unlike some other First Ladies – one who was an known alcoholic, one who killed someone, etc. First Lady Obama is a phenomenal & empowering woman. It’s sad ignorant people (like yourself) bash her bc of the color of her skin but try to do so w/o outright saying that is the reason. She is the First Lady now & will be for another eight years….get use to it!

kitty62862 on September 5th, 2012

“sophisticated, professional and demure.”

WHAT?!?!?!?!

This is 2012, not 1952.

Demure my rumpus.

Ann Romney is ‘professional’? Never held a job in her life.

MBam is a first class Mom in Chief.

JS on September 5th, 2012

She looks great, but honestly, I wonder how much that dress cost the american tax-payers! Her wardrobe alone in the white house has cost us well over a million in tax-payer money. Couldn’t that be used in a more efficient way?

Shirley on September 5th, 2012

Why didn’t Ann Romney get all this ooohhh and aaawww? Oh I forgot what rag i was reading!!

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