(6) "米歇尔·奥巴马也并不是一味地顺应政治。2014年，在会见法国总统弗朗索瓦·奥朗德，她身穿的是委内瑞拉裔美国设计师卡罗琳娜·埃莱拉的礼服。
(a) Carolina Herrera (fashion designer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Herrera_(fashion_designer)
(1939- ; Venezuelan-American)
(b) The Spanish/Jewish surname Herrera is the name of villages "in the provinces of Seville and Badajoz, from a word meaning 'iron smithy,' 'blacksmith’s forge' (a derivative of hierro 'iron,' Latin ferrum)."
Because the surname is Spanish, the letter "h" is silent.
(7) "2012年，米歇尔·奥巴马身着玛切萨会见英国首相戴维·卡梅伦、夫人萨曼莎·卡梅伦
Marchesa (brand) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marchesa_(brand)
("high end womenswear, established in 2004 by Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig [Both Britons]")
(8) "2011年，米歇尔·奥巴马再次选择了印度裔美国设计师纳伊·姆汗。此次会见的是德国的安格拉·默克尔、丈夫约阿希姆·绍尔。
(9) "2011年，米歇尔·奥巴马身穿亚历山大·麦昆会见中国国家主席胡锦涛。
Alexander McQueen (1969 – 2010 suicide; British; openly gay)
(10) "2010年，米歇尔·奥巴马身穿设计师彼得·索罗宁 [Peter Soronen, a white young man] 的作品会见墨西哥总统费利佩·卡尔德龙、夫人玛加丽塔·萨瓦拉。让我们管这些就叫做 '衣着外交' 吧。
Matthew Schneier, Cocktail Dress Diplomacy in Havana. A Cuban connection? Michelle Obama instead chose a Naeem Khan dress for a state dinner. New York Times, Mar 24, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/2 ... uba-naeem-khan.html
Quote:
"at state dinners in particular, she has made a habit of her own kind of sartorial diplomacy, often electing designers whose work spans in some way the United States and its guest or host. For a state dinner hosting Canada, she chose the New York-based Canadian-Taiwanese designer Jason Wu; for a China state dinner in 2015, the Chinese-American Vera Wang.
"The dress [by Indian American Naeem Khan] Mrs Obama selected for the Cuban dinner, in a Kashmiri fabric embroidered with an Indian floral motif, is similar to one in the same fabric from the designer's pre-fall collection.
"Mr Khan is responsible for some of Mrs Obama's best looks, including the gown she wore to a state dinner for India in 2009 [that is photo 4 in the previous posting]. (Cathy Horyn, then the fashion critic of The New York Times, wrote, 'She probably never looked better.')