It’s been a long time since a first lady’s fashion choices have been under as much scrutiny as Michelle Obama’s. Is she showing her shoulders? Is her hem line too short? Did she really permit her husband to wear flip flops in Hawaii?!?
Next Saturday, the de Young Museum will host Kate Betts, the author of the new book “Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style”. Betts is a contributing editor at Time magazine and the former editor of Time Style and Design, editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar and fashion news director at Vogue.
The lecture, which begins at 4pm, looks at how first ladies, including Dolley Madison, Jackie Kennedy and Michelle Obama, have affected American style and changed the way women in this country dress.
Betts will also sign books before the lecture, starting at 2pm in the Piazzoni Murals Room.
Tickets for the lecture are $20 for the public and $15 for FAMSF members; they can be purchased online at tickets.famsf.org. Museum admission is not required for entry to the lecture.
Sarah B.
Ummmm…er…love Michelle but..a “fashion icon”? For whom?