{"id":186876,"date":"2025-12-16T17:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186876\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:47:08","slug":"michelle-obama-steps-out-in-herve-leger-on-jimmy-kimmel-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186876\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Steps Out in Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger on Jimmy Kimmel Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Obama made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IqGNKbXBfPg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a>, and while the conversation covered everything from holiday cards and Christmas traditions to her podcast IMO with brother Craig and her new book The Look, it was her outfit that stopped me in my tracks.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michelle-Obama-Wore-Herve-Leger-On-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama Wore Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger On Jimmy Kimmel Live\" class=\"wp-image-617881\"  \/>Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/p>\n<p>Words I never thought I\u2019d type: Michelle Obama wore Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger.<\/p>\n<p>A house long associated with body-conscious bandage dresses and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yournextshoes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/celebrities-wearing-Herve-Leger-bandage-dresses.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">very specific red carpet era<\/a>, but one that has steadily been recontextualised over the years. Still, it\u2019s not a label I ever expected Michelle Obama to reach for \u2014 which is exactly why this moment is so fascinating.<\/p>\n<p>Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger dresses have a long red carpet history, worn by everyone from Cindy Crawford in the \u201990s to a wave of early-2000s stars who leaned into the sculpted silhouette. On Michelle, though, the dress feels entirely redefined. The teal hue is beautiful against her complexion, and intriguingly, it\u2019s the same tone she wore during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkingwithtami.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/166434_0735-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance back in 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michelle-Obama-Wore-Herve-Leger-On-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live2-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Obama Wore Herv\u00e9 L\u00e9ger On Jimmy Kimmel Live\" class=\"wp-image-617882\"  \/>Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/p>\n<p>Some may question the sheer upper layer, but with a dress like this, the silhouette is the point. Adding a blazer or cardigan would have diluted the entire effect, and Michelle understood that restraint was the smarter choice.<\/p>\n<p>Stylist: Meredith Koop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">FTC Disclaimer: Keep in mind that I may receive commissions when you click links and make purchases. However, this does not impact my reviews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama made a guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and while the conversation covered everything from holiday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,117622,7182,34523,117623,117624,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-186876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-herve-leger","tag-jimmy-kimmel-live","tag-michelle-obama","tag-michelle-obama-herve-leger","tag-michelle-obama-jimmy-kimmel-live","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}