--- title: First Lady Wows in Vera Wang Gown at China State Dinner description: First Lady Michelle Obama wore a custom Vera Wang gown to the dinner canonical: https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-26T14:42:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:56.576Z article:section: Politics og:title: Everyone Is in Love With Michelle Obama's Amazing Vera Wang Dress og:description: She wore a custom Vera Wang gown to the dinner og:url: https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone Is in Love With Michelle Obama's Amazing Vera Wang Dress twitter:description: She wore a custom Vera Wang gown to the dinner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Everyone Is in Love With Michelle Obama's Amazing Vera Wang Dress ## Video: Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Father's Résumé [Watch (HLS stream): Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Father's Résumé](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UF2qOSxI.m3u8) (0:32)  _Published 2014-04-25. Girl hands Michelle Obama her father's résumé_ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 26, 2015 2:42 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 26, 2015 2:42 PM UTC It started with an Instagram post. First Lady Michelle Obama teased a photo of the decor for Friday night’s China State Dinner, that offered a glimpse at the glamour to come. Needless to say, the First Lady looked stunning in the custom black Vera Wang mermaid gown she donned for the dinner, during which Hollywood bigwigs hobnobbed with Silicon Valley masterminds and international officials, and the Internet pretty much freaked out about it. Renowned fashion designer Vera Wang tweeted it was “such a privilege” as an American of Chinese heritage to design the First Lady’s gown. > [](https://twitter.com/VeraWangGang/status/647557855931985921) From Twitter to the First Lady’s own Instagram comments, to the President himself, few could help but note Mrs. Obama’s posh and glamorous look. > [](https://twitter.com/usatodaylife/status/647563655928750080) > [](https://twitter.com/PostStyle/status/647556649763348480) > [](https://twitter.com/c%5Fkayiza/status/647608938620432389) > [](https://twitter.com/LisaVikingstad/status/647578907978395648) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/"},"headline":"Everyone Is in Love With Michelle Obama's Amazing Vera Wang Dress","datePublished":"2015-09-26T14:42:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:05:56.576Z","description":"First Lady Michelle Obama wore a custom Vera Wang gown to the dinner","url":"https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/","keywords":["viral","Newsfeed","White House","First Lady"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/viral/","name":"viral"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/","name":"Everyone Is in Love With Michelle Obama's Amazing Vera Wang Dress"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Girl Hands Michelle Obama Her Father's Résumé","description":"Girl hands Michelle Obama her father's résumé","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UF2qOSxI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-25T14:43:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UF2qOSxI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/","duration":"PT32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4051103/michelle-obama-first-lady-vera-wang-gown/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```