--- title: Michelle Obama Wears Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner 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. canonical: https://time.com/6860/michelle-obama-wows-in-carolina-herrera-dress-at-state-dinner/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-12T00:48:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:23:23.514Z article:section: Politics og:title: Michelle Obama Wears Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner og: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. og:url: https://time.com/6860/michelle-obama-wows-in-carolina-herrera-dress-at-state-dinner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt166e6408f7704bd4/6986823fadae4492515419fa/01155cfcb27e427bb517d014a5d5a2e9-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4543 og:image:height: 2555 og:image:alt: 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. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama Wears Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner twitter: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. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt166e6408f7704bd4/6986823fadae4492515419fa/01155cfcb27e427bb517d014a5d5a2e9-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michelle Obama Wows in Carolina Herrera Dress at State Dinner > Sponsored content. 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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](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 12, 2014 12:48 AM UTC 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"}}]}] ```