Chic boutique
Rihanna walks the red carpet in her shoes and Blake Lively “gossips” while holding her handbag, and now thanks to a new boutique in Georgetown, it may be only a matter of time before Devi Kroell styles first lady Michelle Obama.
“She’s what the first lady should be,” Kroell told Yeas & Nays on Wednesday night, referring to the first lady’s modern style and penchant to wear young American designers like Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo.
Austrian-born Kroell traveled from New York to Georgetown to host the grand opening of Hu’s Wear — a luxury boutique that exclusively carries her line of modern and sleek clothing, shoes and handbags.
Even if Kroell — whose height and beauty make her look more like a model than a designer — has her “dream” of dressing Obama come true, it won’t be the first time people recognize her designs on celebrities. She told us Jessica Simpson helped start her career, carrying her large hobo python bag in the first two seasons of MTV reality show “The Newlyweds.”
“They are our new fashion idols,” Kroell said about her celeb fan base that also includes Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller, Catherine Zeta Jones, Anne Hathaway and Reese Witherspoon.
So what would she dress Obama in?
“Definitely something to show off her arms,” she said.
