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(2008)
Collector's Notes: The Wall Street Journal's blog "Heard on the Runway" reports: "Mr. Wu was watching ABC's "The Barbara Walters Special" when Michelle Obama appeared wearing the $3,510 raw silk dress he made with hand-embroidered rosettes. 'It was a little surreal,' said Mr. Wu, whose line will be sold at influential retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus for the first time in spring. 'Narciso Rodriguez, whom she's also worn - I used to intern there! This is so exciting.' (He said his office has been getting calls from retailers and press about the dress since his team sent out a release on it this morning.)
Mr. Wu, who sells $3,000 to $6,000 evening gowns and day dresses that retail for $1,000 to $4,000, says the piece Mrs. Obama wore took a few weeks to finish and was delivered to Ikram by the end of September. 'Each of those little black dots are hand-embroidered florets with French knots,' he says, noting that the embroidery took 100 hours of labor in a New York studio. (He notes that the dress, which will be sold at Ikram and Bergdorf Goodman in January, was not a gift; Mrs. Obama paid for it.)"
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