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Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: Politics of Style.
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For the past four years, Michelle Obama has educated Americans on emerging fringe American designers and the art of mixing high-low fashion. Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention was no different. Dressed in a pink and grey cocktail-length dress, designed by Tracy Reese a mid-range-priced couturier made famous by the First Lady over her husband's term in office. The dress showed off Obama's famously sculpted shoulders, a physical embodiment of her platform for healthier living. Photo by: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Her shoes, of course, were J.Crew's $245 suede pumps. That mass-market meets fringe designer method worked the first time around, and remains a solid message to fans: you can have it too. Photo by: Alex Wong/Getty Images
Ann Romney's Oscar De La Renta red dress at the Republican National Convention was equally strategic. The silk taffeta dress from De La Renta's pre-fall 2012 collection was decided on with the help of Romney's senior adviser, according to the New York Times. It was a party win, in the estimation of The Daily Beast's Robin Givhan. She called the look "judiciously feminine" and "pitch perfect." But critics thought the dress' $2,000 plus price-tag contradicted the grounded message in Romney's speech. Photo by: Donna Svennevik/ABC via Getty Images
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