FLOTUS in Proenza Schouler

I want to like this, but it's a BIT like a cat scratched a grocery bag.

FLOTUS

It looks better when she's not being quite so buffeted by high winds. But it's also not the most enchanting choice on her figure. It eats her waist too much.

FLOTUS

This one is much more flattering, I think. I also dig the pattern.

Michelle Obama in Provenza Schouler

This is also pretty on her; you know how much I love the MO in prints, and it's worth noting that Princess Lalla Salma's orange frock is also lively.

In the name of some informative captioning, FLOTUS and her mother and daughters went to Morocco, Liberia, and Spain to promote Let Girls Learn, which is an organization essentially doing exactly what it sounds like: encouraging young girls to further their educations as much as possible.

Michelle Obama and Lalla Salma

I assume here they're discussing whether Michelle secretly prefers Harvard or Princeton, given that she attended both. I wish I had this whole dress in a photo, because it's actually much better than this photo suggests; fortunately Us Weekly sprang for it.

Michelle Obama

Hmm. I might prefer it without sleeves? I also might prefer it if it were just the skirt pattern. That top is a bit of an ugly grandma sweater.

Michelle Obama in Delpozo

LOVE Michelle's shoe choice here, but the top of this dress doesn't fit her, and the cut is REALLY embiggening. I assume she is complaining about that right now to Letizia, who is therefore emphatically trying to sell her on slacks and blazers as a viable option.

Michelle Obama in Liberia

Here, FLOTUS is with members of the Peace Corps, and I adore what she's wearing. It also says a lot that it stands out against the energetic colors present elsewhere in this photo.

Michelle Obama Hosts White House Turnaround Arts Talent Show

This is an old pic we hadn't used yet. Informative caption: "U.S. First lady Michelle Obama welcomes students and artists to perform during the White House Turnaround Arts Talent Show in the East Room at the White House." If I am not mistaken, the skirt is Alice + Olivia.

Michelle Obama

I wish we had her standing up in this, because I might LOVE IT.

Michelle Obama and fam

Family trip to Carlsbad! Liking the pattern again, MO. I really think you should stick to those.

Recent Fugs and Fabs: Michelle Obama in Spain, Liberia, and Morocco

I love this photo. It's totally the last pose from the End of Act One -- the most rousing number; the "Do You Hear The People Sing?" or "One Day More" of the show -- in the musical about her life. [Photos: Getty, Fame/Flynet]