Michelle Breaks Out Killer Accessories: Her Arms

Once again, first lady opts for a summery look in winter
By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 25, 2009 8:02 AM CST
Michelle Breaks Out Killer Accessories: Her Arms
First Lady Michelle Obama hugs Ty'Sheoma Bethea, a student from Dillon, South Carolina, February 24, 2009 at the US Capitol in Washington. Michelle went sleeveless last night...   (Getty Images)

Washington is freezing cold, but last night Michelle Obama strode into Congress wearing a sleeveless dress, her bare arms on display. It's hardly the first time recently she's gone sleeveless, notes Jodi Kantor of the New York Times: from a photo op in the White House kitchen to the cover of Vogue, the first lady has made her guns a key accessory.

Like her husband, Obama hits the gym several times a week, and she's been known to tease her friends when they fall behind while lifting weights. Last night she looked supremely confident, her arms a kind of signal of achievement and self-control. "If she keeps going at this rate," jokes Kantor, "Mrs. Obama may do to dresses with sleeves what John F. Kennedy did to men’s hats." (More Michelle Obama stories.)

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