Michelle Obama Releases Style Book, Reflects on Marriage

Michelle Obama is releasing a new style book, The Look, co-created with longtime stylist Meredith Koop that includes more than 200 never-before-published images and an audiobook version read by Obama. The book ties her fashion evolution to confidence, identity and authenticity and shows how White House outfits were chosen with deliberate purpose. At 61, she says she feels freer and more comfortable making choices for herself after years of public scrutiny and that she purposefully avoided discussing fashion as First Lady to keep attention on the administration amid criticism and racial scrutiny. She describes a private, steady partnership with Barack Obama—married about 32–33 years—and says they often avoid talking during the day so they can have intentional conversations on low-key date nights at home. While tabloids have circulated rift and affair rumors, her descriptions of their routines and anniversary celebrations underscore a stable, private marriage rather than public estrangement.