May 23, 2013

Sponsor Love: Michelle Obama Dresses from New Orleans

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If you follow the First Lady and like her style, then we’re willing to wager you’ll be interested in The Obama Dress, an all-in-one site and online store where you can buy the most popular Michelle Obama dresses.

Featured here is the Tracy Reese lace kimono design that the First Lady donned for People magazine. The independent New Orleans-based company behind the dresses makes each one, so they’re able to charge about one-third of what you’d pay to purchase the official designer dresses off-the-rack.

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Many of the dresses and outfits worn by the First Lady are tough (if not impossible) to find these days, so it’s sweet to see custom versions in one location.

Along with the Tracy Reese design shown here, you’ll also find the online store stocked with a custom version of the Michelle Obama dress from The View. We recommend a visit to the site to see all the dresses currently available and to vote on which Michelle Obama dress you’d like to see them make next.

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[Photography by Louis Z]

Announcing: Indi Denim Contest Winner!

Today, we’re announcing the lucky winner of the indiDenim gift card giveaway. Last week, we asked SF Indie Fashion readers to post comments on Indi Denim: The Final Chapter – Plus Free Jeans for You by this Tuesday night at midnight. Today, we chose the winner. And just so you feel like you were there for the big reveal, we’re delivering the news photo style. Drumroll, puh-lease….

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Congrats Amy! You’ve won a pair of indiDenim jeans and a personal body scan and fitting session from the indiDenim Design Studio. We’ll be in touch to get your mailing addy….

**Update: Please check out all posts in this series**

Indi Denim: Part 1

Indi Denim: Part 2

Indi Denim: Conclusion

Indi Denim: The Next Chapter

Indi Denim: The Final Chapter (Plus Free Jeans for You)

Announcing: Indi Denim Contest Winner

Indi by Appointment Launch Party

Indi Denim: The Final Chapter – Plus Free Jeans for You

indi-denim-trouser-jeansDying to know how our experience with indiDenim turned out? As you may recall, we visited the Emeryville-based company in January to try out the indiDenim Intellifit body scanner and order a new pair of jeans based on its high-tech measurements.

The jeans were ready within the four to six week time frame, so I headed into the indiDenim office for my final fitting. As I tried on the pair of trouser jeans I’d ordered (which look much like the jeans pictured here), I found myself wishing, hoping, crossing my fingers for a great fit. After all, the company did go out of its way to invite me in after the series of posts I’d written on this blog, and I was cringing at the thought of a negative turn-out.

But let’s hear it for modern technology, because the jeans fit almost perfectly. Barring a slight – very slight – tuck I’d take in the waist if I were in uber picky mode, they fit my body exactly as they should. The result is a super comfortable pair of jeans that I’ve found myself wearing multiple times a week.

And this time around, instead of offering up images of myself in the jeans as I did in past posts, I’ve got a different kind of gift to offer SF Indie Fashion readers. indiDenim has generously agreed to give the indiDenim Design Studio experience to one reader, whom I’ll be choosing over the next week. The winner will receive a gift card worth $170, a consultation with an indiDenim design consultant, an Intellifit body scan, ordering assistance for designing a great pair of jeans and a follow-up fitting when jeans arrive.

While I can’t restrict this offer to residents of the Bay Area, you’ll get the most out of it if you’re able to visit the indiDenim Design Studio in person, so keep that in mind.

Here’s how to win: leave a comment below (make sure to include a valid email address when you submit it). Comments will be accepted for the drawing until 11:59 p.m. (PST) on April 7, 2009. If you comment, your email address will go into a grab bag, and I’ll choose the winner April 8. Good luck!

**Update: Please check out all posts in this series**

Indi Denim: Part 1

Indi Denim: Part 2

Indi Denim: Conclusion

Indi Denim: The Next Chapter

Indi Denim: The Final Chapter (Plus Free Jeans for You)

Announcing: Indi Denim Contest Winner

Indi by Appointment Launch Party