fashion diplomacy

(See pictures of Michelle Obama's fashion diplomacy.)

(See photos: "Michelle Obama's Fashion Diplomacy")

Down the row were Kate Moss and Marianne Faithfull, who displayed some fashion diplomacy of her own, wearing something from Chanel, Ms. McCartney and Vuitton.

The exhibit at the Mint Museum, which features more than 200 examples of her fashion diplomacy, is of a piece with her work at the National Democratic Institute, the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization she chairs.

A footman was dispatched to escort the gown in question from the hotel; in the meanwhile, the fabric must be selected: it must be a pale brocade, and poor Mr. Gerard, as translator, was well and truly caught in the net of international fashion diplomacy.