I think the goal was to have an ensemble that didn’t look like a separate dress with overcoat-as the dress and matching overcoat Michelle Obama wore (which was very nice, I thought). The bolero jacket with the high cowl neck provided the extra layer of warmth when coupled with the suede gloves. So it served as a coat without looking like a coat. I wondered if she might be wearing a bullet proof vest under it.
At the luncheon, when she removed the jacket, you could see that the dress was a simple sheath with a jewel neckline.
That blue outfit was a mic drop. Just mesmerizing. Right down to her pinky finger.
When she showed up in the sheath underneath, at lunch, my first thought was, “That’s it? A sheath?” Then I looked at the seaming around the neck and the way it fitted.
Ralphie has a gold mine on his hands. Gold.