Michelle Obama has looked fabulous throughout the presidential campaign, drawing comparisons to the iconic style of First Lady Jackie Kennedy and the Camelot era.   Now Michelle Obama’s stature as a fashion icon and a trend setter in her own right has reached a new high. Her recent appearance as the guest co-host of ABC’s “The View” on June 18, 2008, in which she wore a White House Black Market dress has caused a sellout of the dress, the “Tank Leaf Print Dress” which we now know as the Michelle Obama Dress.

The Michelle Obama dress was also the subject of a report on the Today Show this morning, June 20, 2008 and Meredith Vieira interviewed  Donna Ricco, the designer of the dress.

“I’m very happy. I’m very surprised. I had no idea she would be wearing this dress,” Ricco told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Friday in New York. “But it’s sort of a natural happening for me, because I’ve been designing dresses a long time. We ship a lot of dresses to the stores, and I’m happy that Michelle chose this dress to wear on ‘The View.’ ”

“It must be rewarding for you,” Vieira told Ricco, who wore a satiny black dress — presumably of her own design — with a scoop neckline and rolled collar.

“It is,” the designer agreed. “I put a lot of time and effort into making these dresses fit a lot of American woman. I think to be able to go into the store, for Michelle to find the dress, try it on, love it, and to be able to just wear it, speaks to what I’m doing every day.”

Source: Michelle Obama makes $148 frock a fashion smash

So, where can you snag that dress? The black-and-white leaf print dress is available at a store fittingly called White House/Black Market and costs $148. They operate 322 boutiques and 19 outlets nationwide, but don’t even dare try walking into a store to get one.

The now infamous dress has been flying off the racks ever since Michelle’s TV appearance. Your best bet is to trying buying it online (check eBay too) while supplies last: www.whitehouseblackmarket.com or Click here to get the dress!

Designer Donna Ricco, who has a showroom at 530 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, originally created the dress and is selling it on her Web site for only $99, but it’s currently sold out. She’s working like crazy to get 3,000 more of the “Obama dresses” made by September, according to reports.

Source: Get Michelle Obama’s dress as seen on “The View”

Photo credit: ABC News
Top Photo Michelle Obama with “The View” cohosts: (L-R) Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, Joy Behr, Michelle Obama, Barbara Walters, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck

See also:

• Michelle Obama: Fashion’s New Darling?

To watch the entire June 18, 2008 “The View” program with Michelle Obama as guest-co-host:

• Video: Michelle Obama on “The View” 6-18-08

Video & Photos: Michelle Obama Dress, White House Black Market Dress Sets New Trend