Michelle Obama’s Vogue Cover
It’s official: Following much speculation, First Lady Michelle Obama will grace the cover of Vogue’s March issue. The magazine hits newsstands on February 24th.
Obama was interviewed by Vogue Editor-at-Large André Leon Talley and photographed by Annie Leibovitz.
*Scroll down to see the cover and an interior shot.*
According to the AP:
Every first lady since Lou Hoover — save Bess Truman — has been featured in the high-fashion magazine, but Mrs. Obama is only the second to grace the cover. She appears wearing a magenta silk sheath dress by Jason Wu, who also designed her inaugural gown.
Michelle Obama to Grace Cover of Vogue Magazine
First Lady Michelle Obama appears on the March cover of Vogue, becoming one of two first ladies to be pictured on the famed cover, along with Hillary Clinton.
In the cover photo, taken by Annie Leibovitz, Obama is leaning on a soft beige sofa at the Hay-Adams Hotel, where the first family stayed days before the historic inauguration. Obama is wearing a magenta dress by Jason Wu, who designed her inaugural ball gown. Her right hand rests under her chin. Her left hand folded beneath her. She is wearing a diamond that you do not often see her wearing in recent appearances. Behind her, light streams in between curtains.
Inside, a photograph shows her in a black dress by designer Narciso Rodriguez. She is standing in front of open French doors. Outside is Lafayette Park and in the distance you can barely see the White House, the seat of power. Behind her are the props of her profession: a laptop, a cup of coffee or more likely tea. A notepad, a pen. A folded newspaper. She is tethered to work by an old-fashioned telephone, the spiral cord stretched, the receiver at her right ear. She is not talking. She is either listening or on hold.
Starting with Lou Hoover, Herbert Hoover’s wife, first ladies have been photographed for Vogue, but those photos have often appeared inside where they are well placed, not quite hidden, but not quite having the oomph of being featured out front.
“It’s the second time a first lady has appeared on cover of Vogue,” says Vogue spokesman Patrick O’Connell. The two Obama “portraits were commissioned. They were taken by Annie Leibovitz at the Hay-Adams in January.” The cover story is written by Vogue editor-at-large, Andre Leon Talley.
In the article, Obama tells Talley that she is settling in, trying to find a church to join and help her daughters get adjusted. “I’m going to try to take them to school every morning — as much as I can,” she tells Talley. “But there’s also a measure of independence. And obviously there will be times I won’t be able to drop them off at all. I like to be a presence in my kids’ school. I want to know the teacher; I want to know the other parents.”
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