The magazine catches readers up with the Obamas, post-White House, with tidbits on how Michelle exercises (SoulCycle), whether she buys lunch each day or brings it in a bag (bag, often times it’s turkey chili) and if she still has access to Secret Service vehicles (yes, but just one SUV that her entire staff piles into, according to an aide.)
Also of note in the feature? Barack Obama apparently thinks Trump is full of it.
“He’s nothing but a bullshitter,” is what a friend who spoke with People said of how the former president described the current president shortly after the election. The friend says Obama’s opinion of Trump since then “hasn’t gotten any better.”
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President Obama made headlines with his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 12, but it was Michelle Obama who was trending on Facebook afterward. The first lady wore a marigold dress by designer Narciso Rodriguez that sold out online before her husband's speech was over. Here's a look at some of her other fashion choices.
Obama wore this forest green Azzedine Alaia ensemble -- which included a full-skirted dress, an oversized belt and a cropped jacket -- for the State of the Union address on January 28, 2014.
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For the Inauguration Night balls in 2013, Obama wore a ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown by Jason Wu, the same designer who made her 2009 inaugural dress. Known for her continuous support of emerging designers, the first lady essentially made the Taiwanese-born designer a household name in 2009 by wearing his dress.
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For Inauguration Day in 2013, the first lady mixed "high" and "low" fashion with a belt from J. Crew, a coat and dress by Thom Browne, Reed Krakoff boots and a necklace by Cathy Waterman, the White House said. After the festivities, the outfit and accessories were to go to the National Archives.
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Obama is known for her loyalty to designers and brands from a variety of price points, often wearing the same items on multiple occasions. At the president's swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2013, she debuted a dress by Reed Krakoff, whose jackets and gowns she has worn before. Krakoff, the creative director of Coach, started his own label in 2010, style blog Mrs. O noted.
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Obama greeted the audience at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2012 in a striking gold lamé gown by Michael Kors, fashion consultant Mikki Taylor noted.
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At the final 2012 presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida, Obama donned the same Thom Browne fog-gray dress with black lace overlay that she had worn at the Democratic National Convention, reworked this time with a black belt and a stone brooch, Taylor noted.
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The first lady worked the crowd at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a Tracy Reese sheath with pink suede pumps by J. Crew, according to Taylor.
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Obama wore a gown by Indian-American designer Naeem Khan at the White House Correspondents Dinner in April 2012 in Washington.
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Obama showed her right to bare arms in a Zac Posen sheath at a state dinner in honor of British Prime Minister David Cameron on March 14, 2012, at the White House.
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For a January 2012 lunch with Parklawn Elementary School students in Alexandria, Virginia, Obama wore an argyle sweater from J. Crew. The sweater has made multiple appearances since.
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The first lady wore a Vera Wang gown to the Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington on December 4, 2011.
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The first lady worked her signature elegance at the Congressional Black Caucus' Phoenix Awards in 2011, pairing a floor length, a double-face paillette fishtail skirt by Michael Kors with a black top and a Peter Soronen corset belt, Taylor said.
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The first lady made an entrance at the 2011 Medal of Honor ceremony in a brocade dress by Barbara Tfank that she has worn on multiple occasions since, Taylor said.
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Obama highlighted Naeem Khan's talents in a scarlet-hued gown with matte crushed sequins and abstract wind-blown roses on scarlet tulle at the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors, according to Taylor.
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At the annual Clinton Global Initiative in September 2010, the first lady played up her passion for prints with a Moschino Cheap & Chic multipatterned chemise that featured hothouse flowers on top and a digital print on the bottom, Taylor noted.
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Obama transitioned from a daytime meeting with Mexico's first lady to an awards ceremony on February 25, 2010, wearing the same Jason Wu dress, according to the style blog Mrs. O.
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Obama has worn this Target dress on multiple occasions since being photographed in it as she stepped off Air Force One with daughter Sasha on August 15, 2009, according to the Mrs. O blog.
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Obama has been known to wear dresses from mass retailer Talbots and accessorize them with signature pieces such as this sweater from Dear Cashmere and a belt by Sonia Rykiel, worn in July 2009, according to Mrs. O.
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Public consensus approved of the ball gown Obama wore on inauguration night in 2009. The dress solidified the first lady's reputation as having a keen eye for emerging talent.
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Public opinion was divided on the lemongrass shift by Cuban-American designer Isabel Toledo that the first lady wore to her husband's swearing-in on January 20, 2009.
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And the public's obsession with Obama's sartorial choices began with the Narciso Rodriguez sheath she wore when her family took the stage at Chicago's Grant Park after her husband's victory in the 2008 presidential election. Some lauded the choice as an eye-catching statement; others called it an eyesore.
Still, another source says Obama would “take his call and try to help” if Trump were in a jam and needed advice.
However, the story says the bulk of the Obamas’ time is spent focusing on the Obama Presidential Center, to break ground in Chicago in 2018, and their dual memoirs, for which the couple will pocket a reported $60 million.
Another fun fact in the People story has to do with Malia, 18, and Sasha, 15, both of whom were apparently “sentimental” about their White House bedrooms to the point they each moved the beds into the multi-million dollar Washington home their parents are renting while Sasha completes high school at Sidwell Friends.
The issue of People with the Obamas on the cover is out Friday.
