Simply Stunning!

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Michelle Obama goes glam and stays stylish while touring England and Ireland

 Simply stunning

Simply Stunning

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President Obama may have been touring Great Britain for political reasons, but the eyes of the fashion-forward were on Michelle Obama. Could she be able to keep up with the British prime minister’s wife, Samantha Cameron, who is known for being a bit of a fashionista? How would she measure up to Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and her accessible style? Would she make a fashion faux-pas and represent the United States while wearing a little-known foreign designer’s duds?

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Have no fear—she looked amazing. We took a look at some of her top outfits from the trip; here, the president and first lady pose with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip before a banquet at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

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 Let's take a closer look at that gorgeous dress, shall we?

Let’s take a closer look at that gorgeous dress, shall we?

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The ivory ruched Georgette gown by Tom Ford has white ribbon-and-bow detailing at the waist;

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Comments (0) May 31 2011

Fashionistas and Royalty

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Prince William and Kate Middleton attend the wedding between event rider Harry Meade and Rosemarie Bradford at the Church of St Peter and St Paul.
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Prince William walks with his girlfriend Kate Middleton after his graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell. Lincolnshire, England

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Princess Beatrice and Eugene hat madness (fashion faux pas)

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Comments (0) May 03 2011

Beautiful Smiles with Style

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Tousled hair and bright eyes

Tousled hair and bright eyes

At a recent news conference, Michelle flaunts a wavy hairstyle and her famously sculpted brows, signature work of Grimes-Myles.

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Comments (0) Mar 11 2011

Italian scientist, turning 100, still works

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ROME – Rita Levi Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, said Saturday that even though she is about to turn 100, her mind is sharper than it was she when she was 20.
Levi Montalcini, who also serves as a senator for life in Italy, celebrates her 100th birthday on Wednesday, and she spoke at a ceremony held in her honor by the European Brain Research Institute.
She shared the 1986 Nobel Prize for Medicine with American Stanley Cohen for discovering mechanisms that regulate the growth of cells and organs.

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Comments (0) Apr 18 2009

Springtime

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The Rites of Spring

Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.

Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada (©Tim Laman/National Geographic/Getty Images)

The Rites of Spring

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia: Hundreds of thousands of flowers burst into bloom at this horticultural wonder, still owned by the descendants of its founding family. Flowers such as pansies, scillas, daphnes and forsythias come out to play around March; as spring progresses, catch crabapples, fritillarias, flowering dogwoods,

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Comments (0) Apr 11 2009

Right to Bare Arms

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 Mrs. Michelle Obama:  Right to Bare Arms

Michelle Obama by HistoryByDay.  

Mom-in-Chief

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Mrs. Michelle Obama has only held her official role as First Lady for just over a month yet

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Comments (0) Mar 05 2009