Washington Post has done such a great job of capturing the fashion scene in DC...but this story really kicks a few stereotypes to the curb -- Fashionable wardrobes can be donned by highly educated men and women!

"The notion of a fashion smackdown has the ring of something simplistic and base. It makes these two women -- Obama with her Ivy League degrees and the multilingual, musical Bruni-Sarkozy -- seem inarticulate, as if they are communicating in a smattering of grunts and exclamations, and are ultimately incapable of uttering anything more thoughtful than "My dress is prettier than your dress." --