Jason Wu Dress

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• Date: Jan 21,2009

First Lady Michelle Obama debuted a white floral dress from New York designer Jason Wu, 26, on Tuesday night at an Inaugural Ball.

The stunning one-strap gown was unique in First Lady fashion history.

The young fashion designer was only recently picked up by major clothing retailers, and was unaware of Obama’s choice until seeing it on television.

Maybe the First Lady’s selection will be the start of something big for Wu.

When Michelle Obama selected Jason Wu to be the designer for her inaugural ball dress, she made him a fashion star overnight. The 26-year old designer joins great American designers like James Galanos and Oscar de la Renta to have this very rare distinction.

Not every inaugural designer has gone on to great success. Remember Hillary Clinton’s designer, Sarah Phillips? Or Laura Bush’s designer, Michael Faircloth? Neither do we. But since Michelle Obama has emerged as an exciting new fashion icon, her favorite designers will quickly become household names.

So where can one buy Jason Wu in SF, you may ask?

On Tuesday evening, just moments after the world got its first peak at Michelle’s dress, Vicki Winston of Neiman Marcus in San Francisco immediately started getting text messages from clients on her cell phone asking the same thing.

“It is like Narciso Rodriguez after he did Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s wedding dress,” she tells us.

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