{"id":281340,"date":"2011-02-24T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/24\/michelle-obamas-29-year-old-stylist-revealed\/"},"modified":"2011-02-24T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T19:15:00","slug":"michelle-obamas-29-year-old-stylist-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/michelle-obamas-29-year-old-stylist-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama&#8217;s 29-Year-Old Stylist Revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"66.3206477733\">\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Michelle Obama's Stylist Revealed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/35a4a57aama-300x400.jpg\" \/><br \/><span>Stefan Lindblom\/Stella Pictures\/Abaca<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/michelle_obama\">Michelle Obama<\/a> is a staple of <a href=\"http:\/\/stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com\/2010\/08\/03\/lady-gaga-michelle-obama-and-carey-mulligan-top-vanity-fairs-best-dressed-list\/\">best-dressed lists<\/a>, known for rocking everything from <a href=\"http:\/\/stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com\/2009\/11\/25\/naeem-khan-on-designing-for-michelle-obamas-first-state-dinner-i-feel-so-happy\/\">haute designers<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com\/2011\/02\/10\/michelle-obama-35-dollar-hm-dress\/\">H&#038;M<\/a>, but even the First Lady needs a helping hand shopping sometimes. ABC News <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/Obama\/secret-stylist-michelle-obama-outed-hairdresser\/story?id=12981774\">reports<\/a> that hairdresser Vera Chamberlin revealed to the <em>Washington Post<\/em> that her client Meredith Koop, a 29-year-old Vanderbilt University grad, has taken over the role of stylist to the First Lady from Chicago retailer Ikram Goldman. Koop, a former proteg\u00e9 of Goldman, was sent to the White House to help out with Obama\u2019s fashion needs before taking over the role full time. A White House spokesperson identifies Koop as a \u201cpersonal aide to the First Lady and a member of the White House Residence staff\u201d with duties beyond the First Lady\u2019s wardrobe. But as far as clothes are concerned, the White House said in an email to ABC News that Koop\u2019s \u201cresponsibilities include advising the first lady on her wardrobe and acting on her behalf in arranging for purchases, including considering the best offered price, and buying on discount if discounts are available.\u201d Sounds like a good gig to us! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplestylewatch.com\/people\/stylewatch\/gallery\/0,,20269432,00.html\">CHECK OUT MICHELLE OBAMA\u2019S TRAVEL STYLE!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"23.04\">\n<p>Edited by Melissa Liebling-Goldberg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.timeinc.net\/cgi-bin\/mail\/dnp\/privacy_centralized.cgi\/people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/35a4a57aama-300x400-112x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.people.com\/~r\/people\/headlines\/~3\/FBqG7eQHejw\/\" title=\"Michelle Obama's 29-Year-Old Stylist Revealed!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michelle Obama&#8217;s 29-Year-Old Stylist Revealed!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Stefan Lindblom\/Stella Pictures\/Abaca Michelle Obama is a staple of best-dressed lists , known for rocking everything from haute designers to H&#038;M , but even the First Lady needs a helping hand shopping sometimes. ABC News reports that hairdresser Vera Chamberlin revealed to the Washington Post that her client Meredith Koop, a 29-year-old Vanderbilt University grad, has taken over the role of stylist to the First Lady from Chicago retailer Ikram Goldman. Koop, a former proteg\u00e9 of Goldman, was sent to the White House to help out with Obama\u2019s fashion needs before taking over the role full time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michelle Obama&#039;s 29-Year-Old Stylist Revealed! - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/michelle-obamas-29-year-old-stylist-revealed\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michelle Obama&#039;s 29-Year-Old Stylist Revealed! - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Stefan Lindblom\/Stella Pictures\/Abaca Michelle Obama is a staple of best-dressed lists , known for rocking everything from haute designers to H&amp;M , but even the First Lady needs a helping hand shopping sometimes. 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