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Michelle Obama Wears Tracy Reese to Commemorate March on Washington

President Obama and his wife Michelle hit the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC for the Let Freedom Ring Commemoration, with the First Lady wearing an elegant Tracy Reese frock. The First Lady is pretty conscientious when it comes to selecting her outfits for public occasions; it's fitting she chose to wear an African American designer to celebrate such a watershed moment in the Civil Rights movement.

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Azzaro Loses Creative Director, Hedi Slimane Maybe Designing for Rolling Stones, and John Hamm's Bulge Returns

Beyoncé hit the town this weekend wearing a very unique pair of earrings supporting her favorite presidential candidate. Hey, does anyone else get the feeling she's voting for Obama? {HuffPo} Mathilde Castello Branco has stepped down from her position as creative director of Azzaro, after only a year at the label. Branco's next movement is not yet known, and while there's no word yet on who will replace her, Azzaro released a statement saying they will "shortly be announcing her successor." Stay tuned.{Vogue UK} This strikes us as highly unlikely, but apparently supermodel Kate Moss is helping One Direction hottie Harry Styles decorate his new place after he rang up asking her for help. (Harry, I once interned for an interior designer - just throwing that out there.) {Sugarscape} What is more distracting on the red carpet: the white makeup powder on Jon Hamm's face or his, erm, visible bulge? {The Cut}

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Everything We Know About Sarah Jessica Parker and Anna Wintour's Fancy Obama Fundraiser

Last night, Sarah Jessica Parker and Anna Wintour hosted a very fancy fundraiser for Obama at Parker's West Village home. We didn't have $40,000 to spare for a ticket. Here's what we've learned about what went down last night: The cost: $40,000 a head (with 50 guests in attendance, $2 million was raised) Who was there: Sarah Jessica Parker (her husband Matthew Broderick wasn't there as he's starring on Broadway right now and the show must go on but son James Wilkie was), Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Andy Cohen, Aretha Franklin, Meryl Streep and her husband Don Gummer, Olivia Wilde, Solange Knowles, Georgina Chapman, Chanel Iman, Teen Vogue's Lisa Love The prep:

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Do Designers Support Obama In Hopes That the First Lady Will Wear Their Clothes?

President Obama is the first presidential candidate that the fashion industry, as a whole, has publicly rallied behind, generating support and money. He's also husband to arguably the most fashion-conscious First Lady in history, who has been known to generate buckets of money for any brand she wears. Could the two be related? According to Washington Post, maybe. "Excluding jewelry designers and mass-market retailers, nearly 50 percent of American designers worn by Michelle Obama donated to her husband’s 2008 or 2012 campaigns, according to Federal Election Commission filings," the paper's Katherine Boyle writes. Boyle notes that in 2008, when Michelle's fashion influence was not fully known, only a handful of designers had donated to the campaign. In 2012, that number has tripled.

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Why Anna Wintour Is Catching So Much Flack For Her Involvement With the Obama Campaign

Anna Wintour has always been an Obama supporter (she donated $10K to Democratic White House Victory Fund in 2008) but to say she's ramped up her support for Obama's 2012 reelection campaign would be an understatement. She's one of Obama's top tier bundlers, which means she's raised over $500,000 for the reelection campaign. She put together Runway to Win, a project in which she recruited big name designers (many of whom Michelle Obama has worn) to create items to be sold on the campaign website. Wintour will head to Chicago on June 12 for a "Runway to Win" fundraiser (she hosted one in NYC back in February, too). And, in perhaps her most visible move in support of Obama, last week Wintour was the subject of a campaign video announcing a contest for potential donors to win the chance to dine with her, Sarah Jessica Parker, and the First Couple at a June 14 fundraiser. A few days later, one of those chatty, casual, Obama emails landed in our inboxes with Anna Wintour's name as the sender. "I don't do this sort of thing often -- get involved with politics, that is," the email reads. "But I'm doing everything I can to support President Obama this summer and fall because it's important that we all do. Nights in New York like this one are a happy side benefit." That video was met with immediate backlash.

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When Hollywood and the White House Collide

The White House Correspondents' Dinner, which took place Saturday night in DC, always makes for an interesting red carpet. The event is a strange mix of politicians, New York's media power players, and celebrities from the A list on down to the D list. We're talking President Obama and Kim Kardashian in the same room ("Why is she famous anyway?" Obama joked during his speech). And that makes for some very interesting fashion. Take a look. And watch President Obama's hilarious speech first. He's so good.