Tom brown designer for michelle obama
He brought up Michelle Obama's choice of a Thom Browne coat on Inauguration day, calling it a "life-changing event" for the designer..
Thom Browne says it was humbling to have first lady Michelle Obama wear an outfit he designed during Monday's inauguration festivities.
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Michelle Obama arrived at St. John's Church in Washington, DC wearing a Thom Browne coat and dress, shoes, and her bangs (!).
Obama wore a navy-silk, checkered-pattered coat and dress by Browne that were inspired by a menswear necktie. The outfit was specifically designed for the first lady, but Browne said he wasn't 100 percent sure she was going to wear it until she came out with it on Inauguration Day.
"I am proud and humbled," he told The Associated Press.
In a phone interview with the Los Angeles Times, Browne added, "It's one of those humbling experiences in life. With all the American designers she could have chosen from, the fact that she chose mine was overwhelming and one of those experiences that you can never really put into words other than just [to say] 'truly humbling' and I'm so proud that she chose it -- and I'm also so proud that she looked so good in it."
He also told The New York Times: "It's overwhelming.
It is one of those rare moments in