This isn't just about dresses and fabrics and designers.

And it never was for you.

It's about the next chapter of who we are, not just as black people or as black women, but as a nation.

We have women in charge. People running offices, diversity is important.

Diversity and inclusion, it's not just a catch word. It's not about

economics and people getting jobs. It's about us defining, creating spaces where we now know one another.

So we cannot be one another's enemies. And I know this is a book about fashion, but I hope it's a reminder of what was.

What was and what can be. And what it can be. Yes, and what it can be.

This episode is brought to you by Rivian and Alloy Women's Health.

Hello and welcome to The Look, a special series on IMO based on Michelle Obama's latest book, which is available for purchase now.

I'm today's moderator, Nina Garcia, editor-in-chief of Elle, and it is a pleasure to be joined today by Farah Jasmine Griffin,

who is an esteemed professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University,

and wrote the foreword for this wonderful book. And of course, the former First Lady,

Michelle Obama, a dear Fran, true inspiration, and the reason we are all here today. Welcome, ladies.

Today's topic is Mrs. Obama's style evolution on the world stage from childhood to where we are now.

Thank you so much, Nina. I was going to actually also speak to Farah and tell you how

wonderful your foreword was, how insightful, and how I felt it was so important to put into context

Michelle's legacy in her style, not only in American history, but black culture.

I think it really set the stage and really explained so much.

So really, I really enjoyed so much. And there was one part that I want to

mention because I really love this line. The look like the woman was bold, powerful, forward-looking,

visionary, and empowering for everyone who dares to believe in the possibility of better tomorrow's.

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