Posing for photos with the Queen, wearing a silk satin crepe dress with a black skirt and white bodice by Isabel Toledo (who also designed her yellow Inauguration Day outfit), a black cardigan by Azzedine Alaïa and black kitten heel pumps. Some of the big American designers have been left feeling disgruntled that Michelle has thus far eschewed them in favour of lesser known names. Oscar de la Renta, for example, was quoted as saying, "You don't wear a cardigan to Buckingham Palace".