By Nicole O'Neil, Life & Style Editor

First Lady style: Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama and the Queen (image © PA)

The Obamas are in town this week and all eyes are on the fashion choices of First Lady Michelle.

Pictured here with the Queen yesterday, Mrs Obama opted for a classic black and white ensemble and a set of pearls to complete the demure look.

Michelle Obama has already been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy in the style stakes, due to her sleek (but not overdone) style.

The first African-American to become the First Lady of the United States, legal eagle Michelle grew up on the South Side of Chicago and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.

After completing her formal education, she returned to Chicago and accepted a position with a law firm and it was here that she met Barack. Michelle was actually assigned to mentor him while he was a summer associate.

The couple married in October 1992, and now have two daughters, Malia Ann, 10, and Natasha (known as Sasha), seven. Throughout Obama's 2008 campaign for President of the United States, Michelle made a commitment to be away overnight only once a week so that she could still be there for the girls.

In May 2006, Essence magazine listed Michelle among 25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women. And in July 2007, she made Vanity Fair's top 10 of the World's Best Dressed People.

We take a look at the sartorial elegance of America's First Lady.

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