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Designer Barbara Tfank scores with Mrs. O

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Add Los Angeles-based Barbara Tfank to the list of illustrious designers who have dressed Michelle Obama. The first lady wore this delightful box-pleat dress with a funnel neck from Tfank’s collection to kickoff the Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride at the White House last month. The silk jacquard dress is available by special order from Barneys in New York and Chicago or from Susan of Burlingame in San Francisco.

The outing was a long time coming. The dress was snapped up by Obama’s unofficial stylist, Chicago retailer Ikram Goldman, back in March when Tfank was showing her sample collection in Paris. It wound its way back to the designer’s L.A. atelier, into production and into Obama’s closet in just days. ‘I had to have the finished dress in Chicago by Wednesday and it was a Sunday,’ Tfank said by phone on Tuesday.

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Not that she minded one bit. ‘I am honored that she wore it and honored that she wore it for such a wonderful occasion. I’m very touched,’ Tfank said.

It’s great exposure for the designer whose star is rising with women who put a premium on quality fabrics and timeless silhouettes. Bravo.

-- Booth Moore

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