The dress, a purple shift, is almost ridiculously simple. The pearls around her neck are false, each the size of a gum, and deliberately.

Clearly, the woman who looks from the cover of Newsweek magazine, has a message for anyone who bothered to look at the kiosk.

Yes, Michelle Obama is a glamorous lawyer with a great salary, a bigger house and a man with one hand on the Presidency, but never forget that this is also the little black girl from Chicago who overcame all obstacles to the change on the basis of American politics.

Looking glamorous in a strapless dress with elegant Indian-American designer Naeem Khan, Michelle Obama greeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Mrs. Gursharan Kaur to the White House Tuesday night, kicking off Obama's first administration status dinner visit.

Although it has been known for his (sometimes controversial) fashion high risk of making the night Mrs.Obama chose a dress with a classic floor-length gold fabric cut off and accompanied by a mantle of light . Its composition was kept at a minimum, and the hair in an updo worthy. The entire set seemed traditionally feminine and sophisticated, reminiscent of the more conservative predecessors of the first lady.

But there were a couple Michelle-style flourishes, including a pair of chandelier earrings exquisite and a pile of glittering gold and diamond bracelets stacked on her left arm. Your choice of Khan as a designer is also characteristic of this first lady, who often favors lesser-known craftsmen of big names. Khan has been on the fashion scene since 2003 and has equipped young celebrities like Beyonce, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Lopez. He has also dressed dignitaries such as Queen Noor, and designed costumes for the 2006 film "Dreamgirls."