Spotlight on: Sophie Theallet

Yesterday Michelle Obama chose to wear a $2,000 dress by Sophie Theallet…

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…a French designer most notable for using an all black cast in her Spring 2009 ready to wear runway show:

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She insisted she wasn’t making a political statement by using all black models, saying in an interview with Style.com’s Laird Borrelli-Persson, “I was thinking about colors, and they look amazing on dark skin, so it came naturally.”

Do you love Michelle Obama’s choice?