Tall First Lady Michelle Obama keeps the fashion critics clucking by regularly changing up her style. She easily adjusts from wearing high-fashion glam at state events to kickin' it with the kids in laid-back weekend wear. Regardless of the venue, Michelle likes to stay comfortable while playing with color, imbuing professional friendliness to those around her. Follow her day to night fashion adjustments here.
1. Laid Back Vacation Wear
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Michelle Obama's casual vacation clothing includes everything from tank tops and cropped pants to Bermuda shorts and sun dresses. With two children in their tween years and family in Hawaii, it makes sense that downtime for the First Family includes fashion downtime, too. Her choice of cropped pants or long shorts as vacation-wear make sense from a tall women's fashion point of view, reducing the likelihood of an awkward high-water moment.
2. Day Time Casual Wear
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When Michelle's hanging with her girls or promoting her "Let's Move" campaign for kids, she chooses clothing that looks nice, but allows her to run and play with ease. She often pairs sweater sets or short-sleeved shells with capri-style pants and low-profile tennis shoes.
3. Day Time Dates
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When your husband's the President of the United States, you need to look good when heading out for a date. Michelle chooses bright colors that contrast nicely with her skin tone, generally leaning toward bright blue, purple, red or yellow. As a general rule, Michelle tends to choose knee-length, form-fitting sleeveless dresses that show off her toned figure when heading out with her husband. She tops off her look with bold arm bangles or earrings.
4. Evenings Out
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When the Obamas have a low-key evening event, Michelle's overall look tends to mirror her day time date look. She often chooses knee-length dresses in a bright color, but to change things up she may choose a more form-fitting fabric or an interesting neckline to show off her shoulders. The real difference between her daytime date look and her evening date look is her makeup and jewelry. At night Michelle goes for earrings that draw attention, shimmering bronzer on her cheeks and eye makeup that gives her an extra sparkle.
5. Evening Formal
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When it's time to go glam, the tall and gorgeous First Lady pulls out all the stops. She leans toward long, flowing evening gowns that cinch in at the waist then trail down to the floor. The bright red, blue and, of course the white inaugural gown, often have a single arm strap or an assymetrical neckline to give the gown extra interest. Jewelry is kept to a minimum, usually a classy pair of earrings or a low-key bracelet, but she goes all-out on hair and makeup.