The Look

Description

Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including neverbefore-seen
images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama’s style
evolution, in her own words for the first time.

In this celebration of style, from the moment she entered the public eye during her
husband’s U.S. Senate campaign through her time as the first Black First Lady of the
United States and today as one of the country’s most influential figures, Michelle Obama
shares how she uses the beauty and intrigue of fashion to draw attention to her message.

Featuring the voices of Meredith Koop, Obama’s trusted stylist, as well as her makeup
artist Carl Ray, hairstylists Yene Damtew and Njeri Radway, and many of the designers
who have dressed Obama for notable events, The Look brings readers behind the scenes
not only to reveal how her most memorable looks came together but also to tell a
powerful story about how we present ourselves.

Obama’s intimate and candid stories illuminate how her approach to dressing has evolved
throughout her life-from the colourful sheath dresses, cardigans, and brooches she wore
during her time as First Lady to the bold suits, denim, and braids of her post-White House
life and all the active looks and beautiful gowns in between.

In The Look, Michelle Obama explores the joy and the purpose of fashion and beauty and
how-when wielded with grace and care-they can uplift and affirm the values one holds
most dear. Confidence, she concludes, cannot be put on. But when you’re wearing
something that’s intentional or beloved, clothing can make you feel like the best version
of yourself.

About Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A
graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Mrs. Obama started her career as an attorney at the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin, where she met her future husband, Barack Obama. She later worked in the Chicago mayor’s office, at the University of Chicago, and at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Mrs. Obama also founded the Chicago chapter of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people for careers in
public service.

She is the author of the New York Times #1 bestsellers The Light We Carry, Becoming, and American Grown. Through Higher Ground, which she co-founded with her husband in 2018, her work to share stories has won awards and accolades. At its release in 2020, The Michelle Obama Podcast was the most successful original in Spotify history. The Obamas currently live in Washington, D.C., and have two daughters, Malia
and Sasha.