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Barbara Tfank on Dressing Adele: ‘It’s a Pleasant Surprise’

Feb 16, 2012 @ 1:55 pm

What’s it like to dress eight-time Grammy winner Adele? We caught up Barbara Tfank, one of the singer’s go-to designers, during New York Fashion Week to find out. “I work with Adele on a regular basis,” Tfank told InStyle.com. It’s true—Adele wears Tfank’s designs to important outings, like this week’s Sony Grammy Party (left) and the 2011 VMAs (right). “She has things in mind that she wears all the time, but I never know when she’s going to wear them. It’s a pleasant surprise when it happens.” We can only imagine!

See more Grammys fashion in the gallery!

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Michelle Obama’s State of the Union Dress Designer: ‘It Is a Great Honor’

Jan 25, 2012 @ 3:45 pm

Last night, Michelle Obama attended President Obama’s annual State of the Union address in Washington, D.C. wearing a sapphire blue dress by Barbara Tfank accessorized with an Alexis Bittar brooch. Today, we caught up with the Los Angeles clothing designer, inset, who told us she customized the look from one of her resort 2012 collection pieces just for the First Lady. ”It is a great honor and pleasure to assist The First Lady,” she told InStyle.com exclusively. Tfank last dressed Obama to meet Queen Elizabeth and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace in May 2011. For more of our favorite Michelle looks, click through the gallery.

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