--- description: The blue and black gown took all eyes off the guest of honor, French President François Hollande -- who arrived stag -- and on the First Lady. title: Michelle Obama Wears Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt166e6408f7704bd4/6986823fadae4492515419fa/01155cfcb27e427bb517d014a5d5a2e9-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michelle Obama Wows in Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 12:48 AM CUT  First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama with French President Francois Hollande, center, pose at the Grand Staircase as they arrive for a State Dinner, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington. First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama with French President Francois Hollande, center, pose at the Grand Staircase as they arrive for a State Dinner, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 12:48 AM CUT President Barack Obama and Michelle greet French President François Hollande as he arrives for a State Dinner in his honor at the White House in Washington, February 11, 2014. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6860/michelle-obama-wows-in-carolina-herrera-dress-at-state-dinner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6860/michelle-obama-wows-in-carolina-herrera-dress-at-state-dinner/"},"headline":"Michelle Obama Wows in Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner","datePublished":"2014-02-12T00:48:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:23:23.514Z","description":"The blue and black gown took all eyes off the guest of honor, French President François Hollande -- who arrived stag -- and on the First Lady.","url":"https://time.com/6860/michelle-obama-wows-in-carolina-herrera-dress-at-state-dinner/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","François Hollande","Michelle Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt166e6408f7704bd4/6986823fadae4492515419fa/01155cfcb27e427bb517d014a5d5a2e9-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt166e6408f7704bd4/6986823fadae4492515419fa/01155cfcb27e427bb517d014a5d5a2e9-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama with French President Francois Hollande, center, pose at the Grand Staircase as they arrive for a State Dinner, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, at the White House in Washington.","caption":"Barack Obama, Francois Hollande, Michelle Obama","creditText":"Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP","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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6860/michelle-obama-wows-in-carolina-herrera-dress-at-state-dinner/","name":"Michelle Obama Wows in Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner"}}]}] ```