{"id":5848,"date":"2026-06-17T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/michelle-obamas-skirt-tribute-to-late-mom-brings-barack-obama-to-tears\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:44:06","slug":"michelle-obamas-skirt-tribute-to-late-mom-brings-barack-obama-to-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/michelle-obamas-skirt-tribute-to-late-mom-brings-barack-obama-to-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama&#8217;s skirt tribute to late mom brings Barack Obama to tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131284185.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle Obama wore a custom Acne Studios pencil skirt printed with her late mother Marian Robinson\u2019s portrait. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michelle Obama\u2019s skirt held a tearjerker tribute Barack didn\u2019t see coming.<\/p>\n<p>The former first lady, 62, paid homage to her late mom at a Tuesday reception celebrating the upcoming opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>Her custom Acne Studios pencil skirt bore a portrait of Marian Robinson, who died in 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Barack Obama teared up on stage after seeing the surprise tribute for the first time at an event for the Obama Presidential Center, opening later this week in Chicago. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Michelle\u2019s stylist, Meredith Koop, arranged the personal homage alongside the Swedish fashion house. <span class=\"credit\">PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS\/POOL\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve had a few weeks to settle down in the beauty of this skirt, but it\u2019s messing him up for good reason,\u201d the former FLOTUS said on stage. <span class=\"credit\">POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barack Obama, 64, was visibly emotional on stage, prompting his wife to address the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so proud of my husband. He\u2019s really messed up, I\u2019m giving him some time, because this beautiful skirt that my stylist Meredith Koop picked out, that is a portrait \u2014 my favorite portrait of my mom \u2014 he didn\u2019t know it existed until just a few minutes ago,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a few weeks to settle down in the beauty of this skirt, but it\u2019s messing him up for good reason. But Marian would have been so proud, she was so proud of her son-in-law and the man that he is and has been to our family, always dreaming probably way too big, but always pulling it off.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The piece was a bespoke version of a design from Acne Studios\u2019 fall 2026 collection, inspired by Dutch photographer Paul Kooiker. <span class=\"credit\">Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Robinson lived at the White House through both Obama terms and died in May 2024 at age 86. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sepia-toned design \u2014 styled with a chocolate brown T-shirt, slim belt and slingback pumps \u2014 riffed on Acne Studios\u2019 fall 2026 collection inspired by Dutch photographer Paul Kooiker. <\/p>\n<p>Koop \u2014 Obama\u2019s longtime collaborator and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/30\/style\/michelle-obama-fashion-book-the-look-is-available-for-pre-order\/\">co-author of \u201cThe Look,\u201d<\/a> a recent retrospective on the former first lady\u2019s most memorable fashion moments \u2014 orchestrated the tribute without tipping off Barack.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Koop also helped Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/21\/style\/michelle-obama-re-creates-her-1980s-princeton-outfit-for-call-her-daddy-interview\/\">re-create her 1980s Princeton-era denim outfit<\/a> for an appearance on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Barack later shared a video from the event on Instagram, calling his mother-in-law and her late husband Fraser Robinson \u201csalt of the earth, bedrock people.\u201d He recalled how Marian \u201cmade a home for Michelle and Craig here on the South Side of Chicago, not with a lot, but with a lot of love and hope and perspective and wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The center officially opens to the public June 19.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/style\/michelle-obama-skirt-tribute-to-late-mom-brings-barack-obama-to-tears\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Obama wore a custom Acne Studios pencil skirt printed with her late mother Marian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131284185.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}