Michelle At The Interior

US First Lady Michelle Obama addresses employees of the Department of the Interior during a visit in Washington,DC on February 9, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Most elegant about Michelle Obama (as exemplified in these photos of a recent visit to the Interior Department) is the way she so seamlessly moves between the sure political voice, the easy-going epitome of style and the keenly sensitive social/cultural advocate.

(images: Nicholas Kamm – AFP/Getty Images. captions:First Lady Michelle Obama addresses employees of the Department of the Interior/US First Lady Michelle Obama (C) wears a Native American shawl presented to her by Nedra Darling (R), Director of Public Affairs at the Bureau of Indian American Affairs, as she and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (L) listen to the Black Bear Singers perform during a visit to the Department of the Interior in Washington,DC on February 9, 2009)