Former first lady Michelle Obama often chooses outfits with symbolic meanings.

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Michelle Obama achieved fashion icon status as first lady, and has continued to make bold style choices in her post-White House life as a best-selling author, speaker, and public figure.Together with her longtime stylist, Meredith Koop, Obama often chooses symbolic outfits where the color, designer, or other details appear intended to make a statement.Here are some of her best looks.

In 2008, Michelle Obama wore a memorable fiery-red Narciso Rodriguez dress on election night.

The Obama family on election night in 2008.