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Inauguration

Sunday January 27th, 2013

The Most Influential Personal Style Bloggers, Takeaway Trends from Pre-Fall, and Everything Inauguration
Week In Review

The Most Influential Personal Style Bloggers, Takeaway Trends from Pre-Fall, and Everything Inauguration

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Inaugural Fashion Roundup: The big style news from this week’s presidential festivities was Michelle Obama’s (second) Jason Wu inaugural ball dress, but there were plenty of other great style moments, too. We also led you through the rest of the FLOTUS’s ensembles, including Thom Browne for the public Inauguration appearances, Naeem Khan at church, and Reed Krakoff at the swearing-in.

First Lady Fashion History Lesson: Take a look back at 50 years of Inaugural style from the First Ladies of yore, plus learn why a FLOTUS’s hairstyle matters more than you think.

The Reigning Style Blog Stars: We compiled all the data, did our research, and ranked the most influential personal style bloggers right now. Did your favorite streetwalker make the cut?

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Published at 4:00 PM

Monday January 21st, 2013

Anna Wintour Skips Inauguration, But Takes In Couture With the US Ambassador to France
Politics

Anna Wintour Skips Inauguration, But Takes In Couture With the US Ambassador to France

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Was Anna Wintour killing two birds with one stone at the Paris couture shows today?

Despite her heavy involvement in Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Wintour was front row at Raf Simons’ highly-anticipated second Dior couture show in Paris during today’s Inauguration.

A natural problem-solver and multi-tasker, however, Wintour didn’t let her distance from the U.S. Capitol affect her political networking game.

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Published at 7:04 PM
Robin Givhan Makes a Timely (and Temporary?) Return to the Washington Post
Media

Robin Givhan Makes a Timely (and Temporary?) Return to the Washington Post

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Perhaps last year’s biggest shocker within the fashion media circle was Newsweek‘s sudden layoff of Robin Givhan.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion journalist, best known in recent years for her analysis of the wardrobes of political figures (especially of the FLOTUS), joined Newsweek from the Washington Post in 2010.

So, has she made a return to the DC paper? Sort of!

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Published at 12:22 PM