Michelle Obama, the First Lady with style and class, covers Glamour magazine for December 2009.
The December 2009 Glamour is the magazine’s annual Women of the Year issue.
This issue is dedicated to women who have done something positive, or have influenced young women in the past year in a positive way. Her fashion, her status as a role-model, and a positive African-American matriarch figure, is matched by her intellect and role as the first ever African-American First Lady.
Michelle Obama is the first wife of a President to grace the magazine’s cover, in its 70-year history. And it’s something well-deserved. As the magazine points out, you can’t talk about the women of 2009 without also discussing Obama.
View under the cut for snippets from Michelle Obama’s, interview in which she offers advice that women can really use in their lives and with their families.
- The real role models aren’t movie stars, they’re the people you know: They were the people in my life. My mom, for sure. My dad. The teachers. For me, role-modeling was immediate, it was touchable…Children connect with who is in their lives, present and accounted for…That’s why we’re trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children’s lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference.
- Don’t wait to be “discovered” by a mentor: I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to almost every teacher that I had. When I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing. Look for those mentors, because sometimes mentors don’t find you–sometimes you seek them out. Oftentimes, they’re flattered and glad to lend a hand.
- Don’t put yourself last in line: In answer to a reader question about how she keeps her sanity, the First Lady told Katie, “I have always tried to put my kids first, and then…put myself a really close second, as opposed to fifth or seventh. One thing that I’ve learned from male role models is that they don’t hesitate to invest in themselves.
- When it comes to style, set your own standards: People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions, particularly when you’re the First Lady; you’re representing the nation. So I can’t be surprised that people are interested. But I’ve tried to be at peace with the choices that I make first, and then be open to everyone else’s reflection.
Image and story credit to Glamour Magazine’s December issue, out next week.
so, Glamour can interview people with a brain (unlike Megan Fox) lol
good for Mrs. Obama (who is quite the fetching lady)
I adore Michelle Obama – so classy and she carries herself in a way that sets a great example to young women.
Megan Fox was on the cover of Cosmo…never Glamour.
Welcome to the site, and thanks for the comment, Carleigh.
The Megan Fox comment was in reference to general brainless people mentioned in magazines – no one was specifically saying she was ever interviewed for Glamour (my readers probably know Megan was in Cosmo, as I featured the cover of that too).
She looks fantastic, but I *hate* that necklace things. Ms. O has the look, but her taste in accessories is often questionable.
I adore her and the example she sets – and to be fair, she prolly didn’t get to choose the outfit…
Oh, I’m fair. I go to the Michelle Obama Fashion blog a few times a week. Her ensembles pretty much always rock *except* for the necklace-y accessories. Early in the admin, she wore some Mr. T-like clump of random chains. It was such a stain on an otherwise gorgeous outfit.
Oh, lord, you so silly… Looking at the cover again, you have a point about the necklace. Everything else looks cute on her though.
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