PhotoOn Sunday, the day of the Italian referendum that resulted in the announced resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Michelle Obama wore an Italian dress to the Kennedy Center Honors, a.k.a. “Washington’s cultural event of the year.” Specifically, she wore a Gucci dress. For example, at the administration’s last state dinner, held in October for — yes — Mr. Renzi, she wore Versace. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAs it happens, the soon-to-be-former Italian prime minister has had a very close relationship with the Italian fashion world, which in turn gave him its full support — in many ways not unlike the way the American fashion world embraced Hillary Clinton during her campaign for the presidency. Maybe Mrs. Obama wasn’t thinking about any of this when she chose the custom-made green and pink off-the-shoulder metallic silk crepe Gucci gown she wore Sunday night.

Source: New York Times December 05, 2016 15:41 UTC