First Lady Michelle Obama steps out in Lanvin sneakers and they're only $540!

BY Amy Diluna
DAILY NEWS FASHION EDITOR
Friday, May 1st 2009, 3:22 PM
Morigi/Getty Michelle Obama and Jill Biden (center) at a Feeding America event. The First Lady could feed quite a few people with what she paid for thesneakers she's wearing.

Ernst/Reuters The kicks, made by high-end French fashion label Lanvin, cost $540.

Michelle Obama has taken casual to a haute new level.





While volunteering Wednesday at a D.C. food bank, the First Lady sported her usual J.Crew cardigan, a pair of utilitarian capri pants and, on her feet, a sneaky splurge: trainers that go for $540.

That's right: These sneakers - suede, with grosgrain ribbon laces and metallic pink toe caps - are made by French design house Lanvin, one of fashion's hottest labels. They come in denim and satin versions, and have been a brisk seller all spring.

They're out of stock at posh Meatpacking District boutique Jeffrey, and Barneys New York boasts a limited selection of the sneaks, which are a cult favorite among fashionistas.

It's likely Michelle got hers through Ikram, the Chicago retailer that often outfits her.

"They're shoes," the First Lady's reps sniffed when curious reporters inquired about the fancy footwear.

Michelle has stepped out in Lanvin before while getting down to business. A week ago, she shoveled dirt at a tree planting while wearing the line's chiffon tank.

Dresses and strappy pumps cost upward of $1,500, while tops go for $400 to $1,000.

Other celebrity fans of Lanvin's costly kicks include Ellen DeGeneres and Kanye West, who has blogged about his faves.

As the family's primary dog walker, Michelle clearly requires comfortable footwear.

"I got up at 5:15 in the morning to walk my puppy," she joked Thursday. "That's how my day starts. Even though the kids are supposed to do a lot of the work, I'm still up at 5:15 a.m. taking my dog out."

She'll be trodding on New York's sidewalks Tuesday for the first time as First Lady. Michelle will meet with staff at the U.S. mission to the United Nations. Later, she headlines Time magazine's "100 most influential people" gala.

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Liberals are people that will believe anything twice.

What ... no outrage from the leftists in the forum? I thought you guys were the fashion police.

Vi

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Liberals are people that will believe anything twice.

thought the difference from Palin is that Palin used campaign money.


you said yourself that Mrs Obama paid for the sneaks herself, no?

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Palin "paid" for the clothes from campaign money? On the contrary ... the Republican National Committee "rented" the clothes Palin wore throughout the campaign.

With that said, the Left was outraged by Palin's wardrobe because it was "way to expensive" and "elitist." Nothing elitist about a $540 pair of tennis shoes though ... as long as the wife of a Democrat "common man" is wearing them, right?

Vi

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mrs obama is a tool we need a real woman in the white house

ViRedd, Im sorry, but this is gonna go nowhere, and who the fuck cares about her sneakers? 12 year olds are walkin around in $600 shoes...Im sure your a rational person bro, so realize this sounds like one of those very desperate and retarted right wing arguments. Yes democrats got on Palin for that wardrobe thing, and that was dumb too, but Conservatives are jumpin on anything these days, and you shouldn't follow. Trust me, the republicans have contradicted themselves WAYYYYY more than dems.

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well why dont you be specific about that last part and for democrats to have made such a big deal about wanting to take the white house from the big oil executives and wealthy and giving it all back to the working class man and the average joe, it really doesnt help the obamas image for michelle obama to play fashion queen in recession time when people are homeless and starving, actually its like a slap in the face, like she is saying we won and their is nothing you can do about it

didnt know looking nice and presentable was a crime


repukes are funny.


how you gonna tell someone else how to spend THEIR money.... sounds hypocritical if ya ask me

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