--- ---  # Michelle Obama Totally a Wore a Suit From _The Good Wife_ to the State of the Union Address by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 21, 2015 3:48 PM UTC  First Lady Michelle Obama arrives in the Capitol's House chamber before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, January 20, 2015. First Lady Michelle Obama arrives in the Capitol's House chamber before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, January 20, 2015.Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 21, 2015 3:48 PM UTC We already knew the Obamas watch [_Parks and Recreation_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/obama-parks-and-recreation%5Fn%5F2044328.html) and [_House of Cards_](http://swampland.time.com/2013/12/17/obama-wishes-washington-was-really-like-house-of-cards/)_,_ and now we’re wondering if they also tune in to _The Good Wife_. At Tuesday’s State of the Union address, Michelle Obama sported a smart black and white Michael Kors suit. A few viewers began to realize it looked familiar — because it appeared to be the same exact suit once worn by Alicia Florrick (played by Julianna Margulies) on a past season of CBS’s legal drama _The Good Wife_. Behold: > [](https://twitter.com/taycole/status/557722806734307328) The initial observers began spreading buzz on social media and people got pretty excited about the connection. Some even worked in Mean Girls references: > [](https://twitter.com/molly%5Fdelaney/status/557747320373379073) Now we’re just wondering if the First Lady’s next look will be inspired by Leslie Knope. ### From Eleanor to Michelle: See The Inside Scoop on First Lady Fashion  Left: A portrait of Dolly Madison, circa 1800; right: Dolly Madison's famous red dress on display at the home on James Madison in Montpelier, Va. Getty Images (2)  Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, in 1863. Getty Images  Portrait of Harriet Lane, circa 1860s. Harriet Lane was the first "acting First Lady" to her uncle, life-long bachelor, President James Buchanan. Getty Images  Mrs. Grace Coolidge, the First Lady to Calvin Coolidge, in 1925. Getty Images  Eleanor Roosevelt wears the Arnold Constable gown she will wear to the White House diplomatic corps reception, Nov. 10, 1939. NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images  Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (L) sharing her fur with Mrs. Patricia Nixon on a chilly night in 1952. Ed Clark—The TIME & LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  First Lady Jackie Kennedy wearing a fitted silk apricot dress and triple strand of pearls, walking through crowds during a visit to Udaipur, India on March 1, 1962. Art Rickerby—The TIME & LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Lady Bird Johnson Bettmann/Corbis  Mrs. Patricia Nixon at home reading the newspaper in Washington, 1960. Ed Clark—The TIME & LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Nancy Reagan, decked out in red lace dress, gold earrings and necklace set, at "President's dinner" in Washington on May 11, 1988. Diana Walker—TTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images  First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in the White House Rose Garden during a meeting with the League of Women Voters in Washington on June 7, 1993. Cynthia Johnson—The TIME & LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  First Lady Michelle Obama waves to supporters on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C. on Sept. 4, 2012 Stan Honda—AFP/Getty Images State of the Union 2015: Michelle Obama Wears Good Wife Suit ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3676301/state-of-the-union-michelle-obama-suit-good-wife/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3676301/state-of-the-union-michelle-obama-suit-good-wife/"},"headline":"Michelle Obama Totally a Wore a Suit From The Good Wife to the State of the Union Address","datePublished":"2015-01-21T15:48:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:08.787Z","description":"Looks like the always-stylish First Lady is now taking fashion cues from Julianna Margulies","url":"https://time.com/3676301/state-of-the-union-michelle-obama-suit-good-wife/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd3b1af3cd1ddfcb/69877af7524fc02edfdec066/461859312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd3b1af3cd1ddfcb/69877af7524fc02edfdec066/461859312.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michelle Obama","caption":"UNITED STATES - JANUARY 20: First Lady Michelle Obama arrives in the Capitol's House chamber before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, January 20, 2015. 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