--- title: Michelle Obama Wears Sparkly Gold Balenciaga Boots on Tour description: Michelle Obama warmed the hearts of fashionistas everywhere when she sported a pair of sparkling Balenciaga boots. canonical: https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-20T19:26:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:11.629Z og:title: People Are Enjoying Michelle Obama's Sparkly Style Statement og:description: Balenciaga FTW og:url: https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42003ed484527981/698941fdab6d7772ce6b47a7/Michelle-Obama-gold-boots-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Michelle Obama Discusses Her New Book "Becoming" With Sarah Jessica Parker og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Enjoying Michelle Obama's Sparkly Style Statement twitter:description: Balenciaga FTW twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42003ed484527981/698941fdab6d7772ce6b47a7/Michelle-Obama-gold-boots-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Thoroughly Enjoying Michelle Obama's Sparkly Style Statement ## Video: Michelle Obama Begins Her Book Tour With a Talk With Oprah [Watch (HLS stream): Michelle Obama Begins Her Book Tour With a Talk With Oprah](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/n2o1hTAU.m3u8) (1:47)  _Published 2018-11-14. Michelle Obama began her 12-stop book tour Tuesday by sitting with Oprah Winfrey before an audience at the home arena of the Chicago Bulls._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 20, 2018 7:26 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 19: Former first lady Michelle Obama (L) discusses her book "Becoming" with Sarah Jessica Parker at Barclays Center on December 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 19: Former first lady Michelle Obama (L) discusses her book "Becoming" with Sarah Jessica Parker at Barclays Center on December 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)Dia Dipasupil—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 20, 2018 7:26 PM UTC [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/5483843/michelle-obama-bye-felicia/) warmed the hearts of high fashion enthusiasts everywhere when she stepped out in Brooklyn on Wednesday night in a pair of sparkly gold over-the-knee [Balenciaga](http://time.com/5475448/balenciaga-office-furniture/) boots. The former First Lady was dressed up for the final stop on her _Becoming_ book tour, where she spoke to another veritable shoe icon, actress Sarah Jessica Parker about her autobiography. Obama paired her golden high-heeled boots with a sunny yellow shirt dress that featured a dramatically draped skirt (all the better to see the stunning, tatement boots.) The boots are from buzzy French fashion house Balenciaga’s Spring/Summer ’18 collection and are [currently retailing for $3,900](https://www.matchesfashion.com/us/products/1202875); the dress is also from Balenciaga, but is currently unavailable for sale, as it was part of the house’s Spring/Summer ’19 collection. As might be expected, the Internet had zero chill when they saw Obama’s gilded fashion statement and wasted no time in sounding off approvingly online in many tweets. > [](https://twitter.com/JamalWLittle/status/1075771275362983937) > [](https://twitter.com/TyreeSmithRSC/status/1075753339881697281) > [](https://twitter.com/meenaharris/status/1075584695222456320) > [](https://twitter.com/cambam%5F26/status/1075595084626833408) > [](https://twitter.com/dressupwithjess/status/1075757301003255816) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/"},"headline":"People Are Thoroughly Enjoying Michelle Obama's Sparkly Style Statement","datePublished":"2018-12-20T19:26:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:11.629Z","description":"Balenciaga FTW","url":"https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fashion"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42003ed484527981/698941fdab6d7772ce6b47a7/Michelle-Obama-gold-boots-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42003ed484527981/698941fdab6d7772ce6b47a7/Michelle-Obama-gold-boots-balenciaga.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michelle Obama Discusses Her New Book \"Becoming\" With Sarah Jessica Parker","caption":"Michelle Obama Discusses Her New Book \"Becoming\" With Sarah Jessica Parker","creditText":"Dia Dipasupil—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/","name":"People Are Thoroughly Enjoying Michelle Obama's Sparkly Style Statement"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Michelle Obama Begins Her Book Tour With a Talk With Oprah","description":"Michelle Obama began her 12-stop book tour Tuesday by sitting with Oprah Winfrey before an audience at the home arena of the Chicago Bulls.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/n2o1hTAU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-11-14T08:42:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/n2o1hTAU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/","duration":"PT1M47S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5485290/michelle-obama-sparkly-gold-balenciaga-boots/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```