Vanity Fair has released their 69th Annual International Best-Dressed List 2008, with Michelle Obama toping the list.  The list will be published in the September issue of Vanity Fair.

Michelle Obama because she’s our commander in sheath. Residence: Chicago. Occupation: Vice president for community and external affairs, University of Chicago Hospitals, on leave. Age: 44. Notable ensembles of 2008: Maria Pinto purple sheath, with a black Azzedine Alaïa belt, worn when her husband claimed the Democratic presidential nomination; Donna Ricco black-and-white print dress on The View. Causes: “Youth leadership programs, education, talking with women about work/family life balance.”

Source: The International Best-Dressed List

Here is the list of Top Ten women and men on the list.

Top Ten Women:
• H.R.H. Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium
• Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
• Julia Koch
• Evelyn Lauder
• Kate Middleton
• Michelle Obama
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Tilda Swinton
• Diana Taylor
• Ivanka Trump

Top Ten Men:
• David Beckham
• Daniel Craig
• Lapo Elkann
• H.S.H. Prince Heinrich von und zu Fürstenberg
• Count Manfredi della Gherardesca
• Zac Goldsmith
• Matt Lauer
• Bryan Lourd
• Morley Safer
• Kanye West

Source: Introducing the 2008 International Best-Dressed List

Vanity Fair has published online a slide show of the 69th Annual International Best-Dressed List 2008 winners.

Photos: Barack Obama and Michelle Obama arriving at the election night rally at the Xcel Energy Center June 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota (Photo credit Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America; Scott Olson/Getty Images North America)

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Michelle Obama Tops Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List 2008