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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (124118)	2/15/2012 11:07:08 AM
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Michelle Obama wears $39.99 Jason Wu for Target dress Reuters, Target The first lady wore the Jason Wu for Target dress, which is sold out online but still available in some stores, while promoting her "Let's Move" initiative in Orlando, Florida on February 10. By Susan Houriet, TODAY.com I was still so exhausted from my Target from Missoni debacle back in September (it literally took almost a whole day to order a skirt and a couple of baby items) that I didn't even attempt to jump online when the Jason Wu for Target collection went on sale Super Bowl Sunday. As is becoming the norm with the discount chain's designer collaborations, most of the collection sold out within hours, so when I finally did make it to my local Target this weekend there were only a sad 7 items total left. But the almost empty racks did contain an adorable navy floral chiffon dress, and guess who has it in her wardrobe? The first lady, who basically put the Taiwan-born, American-educated designer on the map when she donned a dramatic ivory Wu-designed gown for her husband's 2009 inaugural ball. Mrs. Obama wore the $39.99 dress over the weekend at a press event in Florida. As the Huffington Post points out, FLOTUS made the look her own by replacing the gold belt with a red one and adding a royal blue cardigan. The dress is still available in stores if you want to pick it up. At my local Clifton, N.J. Target, I spotted two of those frocks (one of which was missing the belt). As it happens, my colleague Carissa Ray (TODAY.com's supervising multimedia producer) bought the same dress at a store in Brooklyn on Saturday. (And now you know what TODAY.com staffers do with our weekends! And that we have excellent taste.) Susan Houriet/TODAY.com The dress worn by Michelle Obama is still available in some Target stores, including this one in Clifton, N.J. Mrs. Obama's press secretary confirmed to TODAY.com that indeed she was wearing a dress from the Target collection, but didn't have any information about whether FLOTUS waited in line to buy it herself (unlikely, but not impossible, as she has been known to hit her local Target). But I'm curious to see whether she trots out more of the collection in the future. Could a cat-print tote be next, or would Bo be offended?