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Michelle Obama Announces New Book to ‘Reclaim’ How Her White House Looks Were Portrayed
Today ^ | 06/05/2025 | Scott Stump

Posted on 07/03/2025 8:39:47 PM PDT by simpson96

Michelle Obama is giving fans a glimpse at "The Look," her new book coming out in the fall. In the book, reflects about how her appearance during her time in the White House was "constantly being dissected" and aims to "reclaim more of that story" for herself.

The former first lady, whose memoir "Becoming" was a bestseller in 2018, announced on Instagram on June 5 that her new book will be released on November 4. "The Look" is her first book since her 2022 bestseller, "The Light We Carry."

"During our family’s time in the White House, the way I looked was constantly being dissected — what I wore, how my hair was styled," she wrote. "For a while now, I’ve been wanting to reclaim more of that story, to share it in my own way. I’m thankful to be at a stage in life where I feel comfortable expressing myself freely — wearing what I love and doing what feels true to me. And I’m excited to share some of what I’ve learned along the way."

Obama, 61, wrote that "The Look" is "a reflection on my lifelong journey with fashion, hair, and beauty."

"Inside, you’ll find some of the outfits that have meant the most to me, but more importantly, the moments that I lived through in them — big and small, personal and political, historic and ordinary — that were as memorable as the clothes themselves," she continued.

The former first lady is also sharing the stories of her stylist, makeup artist and hairstylists who helped shape her appearance during her time in the White House.

"The Look is about more than fashion," she wrote. "It’s about confidence. It’s about identity. It’s about the power of authenticity. My hope is that this book sparks conversation and reflection about the ways we see ourselves — and the way our society defines beauty."


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Other ex-First Ladies participate in charity work...Mooch is all about herself.

"The Look is about more than fashion," she wrote. "It’s about confidence. It’s about identity. It’s about the power of authenticity. My hope is that this book sparks conversation and reflection about the ways we see ourselves — and the way our society defines beauty."

Translation: "I'm ungainly, graceless, and not pretty, therefore 'beauty' is not what everyone thinks it is, it's something else."

1 posted on 07/03/2025 8:39:47 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Look, lady, there’s a reason you look like a guy and are married to a gay man.


2 posted on 07/03/2025 8:41:31 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: simpson96

The Book Of Me


3 posted on 07/03/2025 8:43:08 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

Meghan Markle soon objected to Mooch using that title...


4 posted on 07/03/2025 8:45:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: simpson96

Every First Lady is constantly dissected. This chick needs to get over it.


5 posted on 07/03/2025 8:45:38 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: simpson96

She has me confused with someone who gives even a tiny shit about “her” or her’ homosexual “husband!”


6 posted on 07/03/2025 8:46:01 PM PDT by Taxman
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To: simpson96

She has me confused with someone who gives even a tiny shit about “her” or her’ homosexual “husband!”


7 posted on 07/03/2025 8:46:15 PM PDT by Taxman
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To: simpson96

He’s going to spill the beans.


8 posted on 07/03/2025 8:48:06 PM PDT by ALASKA (There has to be a line we do not cross.)
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To: simpson96

Getting desperate for attention, is she? A whole book about her “look”? That’s usually covered in an interview in about 10 minutes.


9 posted on 07/03/2025 8:49:09 PM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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Stupid and narcissistic is not a good combination.

THe only skill she learned from 10 years in the spotlight was how to read from a teleprompter.


10 posted on 07/03/2025 8:49:36 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: simpson96; Fred Nerks
"For a while now, I’ve been wanting to reclaim more of that story, to share it in my own way. I’m thankful to be at a stage in life where I feel comfortable expressing myself freely — wearing what I love and doing what feels true to me. And I’m excited to share some of what I’ve learned along the way." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Truly an egomaniac of vast proportions.

BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT HER THAT MAKES THIS REDEFINITION SUCH AN ISSUE?



11 posted on 07/03/2025 8:51:02 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>) )
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What. A. Total. Fox!

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12 posted on 07/03/2025 8:51:53 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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Is there a more egotistical, narcissistic and self absorbed person on the planet.

It's all about me, me, me and more me.

Her ego needs an entire time zone to contain it.

13 posted on 07/03/2025 8:51:56 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: simpson96

Other than the one picture of her leaving AF1 in sloppy shorts and a tank top with a loose blouse, I honestly don’t remember her “look” being dissected negatively anywhere other than here on FR.

The media slobbered over her, she graced many, many magazine covers and her “bold choices” (layered, flouncy skirts of mismatched prints with bobbles & rickrack, huge, gaudy floral prints, sundresses with “boob belts”) were lauded.

Pissy, thin-skinned, entitled, chip on the shoulder attitude is never an appealing “Look”.


14 posted on 07/03/2025 8:58:40 PM PDT by twyn1 (“An evil man will burn his own country to the ground to rule over the ashes”)
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A bigger narcissus than her husband...if that is possible.
15 posted on 07/03/2025 9:05:35 PM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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First lady: Air Force One shorts created a 'stink'
16 posted on 07/03/2025 9:07:29 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: simpson96

If you say so... I guess... whatever...
The only style she had was blah, and they fawned all over her, as if she was a fashion icon, then completely ignored and denigrated the beautiful and stylish Melania, who finally gave them the middle finger by wearing her famous “I don’t care” jacket.


17 posted on 07/03/2025 9:13:13 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: simpson96
The boob belt never goes out of style.


18 posted on 07/03/2025 9:14:02 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: simpson96

I recall her first fashion statement was the outfit she wore to a visit to the Grand Canyon in year one.


19 posted on 07/03/2025 9:16:43 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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Oy, Michelle. She likes those belts! My mother liked the belts too. Me, I don’t like the belts very much.

LOL, wonder what my mom would think of Fashion Icon Michelle Obama!

I do gotta say this in all fairness, the belts look better on Mrs. O. than they did on my mom. Sorry, mom, but it’s true. Not that they look so great on her! (I hate them!)


20 posted on 07/03/2025 9:16:47 PM PDT by jocon307 (DEMOCRATS DELENDA EST)
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