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When President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed Pope Francis to the White House on Wed, Sep 23, Filipino designer MOnique Lhullier also got a lot of press.
“With 15,000 [people] cheering on the pope’s arrival on the South Lawn in the September sun, the Obamas beamed with smiles and were well-turned out for the occasion. To offset her husband’s dark suit and solid gray tie, the First Lady wore a midnight blue Monique Lhuillier guipure lace and textured jacquard A-line dress with three-quarter sleeves,” reports Rosemary Feitelberg on Yahoo! Style.
Lhullier was quoted as saying, “This milestone, Pope Francis’ first visit to this country is very monumental. It was perfect and I think the dress looks beautiful on her and so appropriate and flattering. It really was a wonderful moment for me, having been raised Catholic.”
The dress was descriped as “a midnight blue guipure lace textured jacquard A-line with three-quarter sleeves.”
Lhuillier’s husband, Tom Bugbee, was reportedly unaware that his wife was making a dress for the First Lady in connection with the Pope’s visit. “We keep things very under wraps so he didn’t know that I was working on it,” she said.
