{"id":59845,"date":"2025-10-04T14:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/59845\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T14:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:56:14","slug":"how-did-michelle-obama-end-up-wearing-a-floral-cardigan-by-kiwi-designer-wynn-hamlyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/59845\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Michelle Obama end up wearing a floral cardigan by Kiwi designer Wynn Hamlyn?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt was most likely purchased from the brand\u2019s US stockist Revolve by Obama\u2019s stylist \u2013 they are the only US wholesaler to have stocked this particular style,\u201d the brand said.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s the case, the garment was selected by Meredith Koop, who has been Obama\u2019s stylist since 2010.<\/p>\n

The brand said this design was originally from Wynn Hamlyn\u2019s Pre-Fall 2024 Collection, launched in July 2024. <\/p>\n

\u201cEach flower is hand-crocheted, meaning no two are quite the same \u2013 a sentimental nod to Wynn\u2019s ongoing commitment to the possibilities of craft.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been such a popular piece that Wynn designed a pansy re-iteration for the current Fall 2025 Collection, in both grey and chocolate.\u201d <\/p>\n

Those versions of the design are sold for $520<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MichelleMichelle Obama wore the knit over a white crew neck T-shirt. Photo \/ Youtube screenshot.<\/p>\n

Wynn Crawshaw, founder and creative director of Wynn Hamlyn, said it was \u201ca joy and total privilege to see our pieces on the world stage\u201d. <\/p>\n

Explaining the design\u2019s origins, Crawshaw said he was \u201creally interested in the subversion of a traditional floral motif \u2013 reimagining craft techniques like crochet in a fresh way\u201d. <\/p>\n

This season the brand presented florals in another way, decorating a square-neck mini dress in a pansy print made up entirely of buttons sewn on a mesh underlayer.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time Obama has worn New Zealand designers. In 2019, she wore a Maggie Marilyn custom mint green suit<\/a> to a speaking engagement in Canada, and three years earlier, she wore a denim pantsuit by Karen Walker<\/a> on a book tour promoting her memoir Becoming. <\/p>\n

Next month, Obama<\/a> will release a book she describes as \u201ca reflection on my lifelong journey with fashion, hair and beauty\u201d.<\/p>\n

Titled The Look, the book is written in conjunction with stylist Koop.<\/p>\n

Announcing the publication on Instagram, Obama wrote: \u201cDuring our family\u2019s time in the White House, the way I looked was constantly being dissected \u2013 what I wore, how my hair was styled.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a while now, I\u2019ve been wanting to reclaim more of that story, to share it in my own way. I\u2019m thankful to be at a stage in life where I feel comfortable expressing myself freely \u2013 wearing what I love and doing what feels true to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt was most likely purchased from the brand\u2019s US stockist Revolve by Obama\u2019s stylist \u2013 they are the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,1558,3595,49372,501,28145,18432,8127,1438,1888,49371,2740,49374,221,194,15405,9207,49376,37638,111,43,139,69,16941,49375,9636,88,810,49370,49373],"class_list":["post-59845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-been","tag-by","tag-cardigan","tag-design","tag-designer","tag-did","tag-end","tag-fashion","tag-first","tag-floral","tag-former","tag-hamlyn","tag-how","tag-kiwi","tag-label","tag-lady","tag-merino","tag-michelle","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-obama","tag-sartorial","tag-spotted","tag-surprise","tag-up","tag-wearing","tag-wynn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59845","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=59845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}