Michelle Obama appears on the cover of the March issue of Vogue¹.

It's official: Michelle Obama is the first lady of American fashion, appearing on the cover of the March issue of Vogue.

Every first lady since Lou Hoover - save Bess Truman - has been featured in the high-fashion magazine, but Mrs. Obama is only the second to grace the cover. She appears wearing a magenta² silk sheath dress by Jason Wu, who also designed her inaugural³ gown.

Vogue's editor at large Andre Leon Talley called his interviews with Mrs. Obama ahead of US President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony "one of the best experiences of my life."

"She's so accessible, natural and normal. There's nothing affected⁴ about her," he said.

Much of the eight-page feature inside is devoted⁵ to Mrs. Obama's self-described role as "mom in chief" to 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha.

"I'm going to try to take them to school every morning, as much as I can," she said. "But there's also a measure of independence. And obviously there will be times I won't be able to drop them off at all. I like to be a presence in my kids' school. I want to know the teachers; I want to know the other parents."

Being Vogue, though, the conversation eventually turns to clothes.

Mrs. Obama said she is aware of how her wardrobe is being scrutinized⁶, but she makes no apologies for her choices - even the Election Night combination of ripped-from-the-runway, fashion-forward dress and plain-Jane cardigan.

"I'm not going to pretend that I don't care about it," she said. "But I also have to be very practical. In the end, someone will always not like what you wear — people just have different tastes."

She did choose outfits⁷ for the Vogue photos from labels she has worn before: Wu, who made her inaugural gown; Narcisco Rodriguez, the designer of that Election Night dress; and J. Crew, which she and her children have famously worn.

Most cover models have their clothes chosen for them by Vogue, or at least editors work as advisers⁸. Not this time.

"She doesn't need any help. She loves fashion and knows what works for her," Talley said. "She's never had a conversation with me about, `What do you think?' or `How did this look?' And I'm glad for that."

官方消息：美国第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马将登上《Vogue》杂志3月号的封面，成为美国时尚第一夫人。

尽管从前第一夫人露•胡佛开始（除贝丝•杜鲁门外），几乎每位第一夫人都曾亮相这本全球顶级时尚杂志，但米歇尔则是登上这本杂志封面的第二人。在封面照上，米歇尔身穿一袭由设计师吴季刚为其设计的绛红色紧身丝质裙装。她在奥巴马就职典礼上所穿的礼服就出自吴季刚之手。

《Vogue》杂志自由撰稿人安德烈•莱昂•塔利在奥巴马总统就职典礼前对米歇尔进行了一次采访，他称这次采访是“他生命中最精彩的一次经历”。

他说：“她很随和，自然，平易近人，毫不做作。”

在杂志刊登的长达8页的专访中，其中大部分内容是关于米歇尔自己定位的“妈妈”角色。米歇尔和奥巴马育有两个女儿——10岁的玛利亚和7岁的萨沙。

她说：“我会尽量做到每天早晨送她们上学。但她们也要学会独立。我肯定会有无法送她们去学校的时候。我喜欢去孩子们的学校。我希望认识老师和其他家长。”

不过接受《Vogue》的专访，话题最终还是要回到服装上。

米歇尔说，她知道她的着装选择有多么受关注，但她不会为自己的选择道歉，包括胜选之夜被批没品味的搭配——时尚的裙装混搭过于普通的羊毛衫。

她说：“我不想假装不在乎别人的看法，但我也必须注重实用。总会有人不喜欢你的着装，因为人们的品味各不相同。”

在为《Vogue》拍照时，米歇尔选择的都是曾经穿过的品牌，其中包括就职典礼礼服设计师吴季刚设计的服装、胜选之夜礼服设计师纳西索•罗德里格的作品，以及J. Crew品牌服饰，她和女儿曾因穿此品牌的服装而受到好评。

多数为《Vogue》拍摄封面照的模特都是编辑为他们挑选服装，或者至少做个参谋，但米歇尔则不同。

塔利说：“她不需要任何帮助。她热爱时尚，知道自己适合什么。她从没问过我‘你觉得怎么样？’或者‘这件看上去如何？’之类的问题。这让我很开心。”

Vocabulary:

save: except（除了）