Last week, while Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention was finding favour with the world media for its eloquence and warmth, fashionistas everywhere were burning up Facebook and Twitter ooh-ing and aah-ing over what she was wearing for the occasion. It was a raw silk jacquard in a luminous mix of hot pink, rust and copper, with an accented hemline of silver and blue.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'>Dressing up Michelle</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>Behind the American First Lady

Dressing up Michelle

Behind the American First Ladys experimental, accessible style, is a band of young, emigrant designers

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