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via the Chicago Sun Times:
White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers told me Friday she will step down next month, after presiding over 330 events in the White House in 14 months.
Rogers is departing after achieving a major goal of President Obama and First Lady Michelle — opening up the White House to make it the “peoples house.” “As we turn the corner on the first year,” Rogers told me, “this is a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world.”
Rogers told me it has been “an honor and a privilege to serve this president and First Lady, in what has certainly been a historic presidency.” Rogers, a friend of the First Couple for years, was one of the first Obama administration appointees.
“When I took on this assignment, we talked about the importance of creating the people’s house. My work was really to create this framework,” she told me. “I think I completed that work. Our office has been able to lay the foundation for what will be known as the ‘people’s house’ and it has already taken shape.”
At the Cipriani uptown on 42nd Street, Paula Zahn was hosting the National Design Awards. Honorary patron First Lady Michelle Obama skipped it but sent White House social secretary Desirée Rogers in her place.
“Our future depends on everyone having access to the arts,” Rogers said. “We are supporting creative and innovative ways to approach design.” [via WWD]
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HuffPo:
GQ released its list of the most powerful people in D.C., and we're most pleased to see Michelle Obama's unofficial stylist Ikram Goldman, the very woman charged with putting together all of the first lady's notable ensembles, has joined the likes of Rahm Emanuel and Ben Bernanke.
GQ explains their decision to make her #46: Right around the time of the North Carolina primary, Michelle Obama's appearance underwent a sudden change: Gone were the boxy corporate suits; in their place were colorful, body-hugging dresses and sweaters that women across the country were suddenly clamoring to buy. (The J.Crew cardigan she wore to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown sold out online by 10 a.m. the same day.) The person behind Michelle's style upgrade is Goldman, owner of the boutique Ikram in Chicago. "She orchestrated the high-low thing. One day Michelle is wearing H&M and the next, Narciso Rodriguez," says Susan Swimmer, author of Michelle Obama: First Lady of Fashion and Style.
Social Secretary Desiree Rogers also made GQ's list at #40.
