Michelle Phan Joins the First Lady's Entourage

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Michelle Obama is traveling to Asia for a five-day trip devoted to her "Let Girls Learn" global education initiative and she's taking Michelle Phan along as her travel companion in Japan, the Washington Post reports. Phan will interview the First Lady with questions from social media, and she's been reaching out to her Twitter followers for input. Obama wore a graphic print Kenzo dress as she stepped off the plane in Japan, a dress which InStyle says "symbolically bridges the US and Japan."