Breaking news: FLOTUS dress designer Tracy Reese is black

Did anyone mention that the designer of Michelle Obama’s dress, Tracy Reese, is black?

Why yes. Some people did mention that.

“In a dress by young African-American designer Tracy Reese and J. Crew shoes, Michelle Obama sent the message of what her four years in the White House have been about.” –Daily Beast

“The New York City-based African-American designer, who hails originally from Detroit, confirmed the dress was her design.” –New York Daily News

“Mrs. Obama chose to wear a custom made dress by African American designer Tracy Reese, paired with matching pumps by J. Crew.” –The Inquisitr

“There were, most obviously, the sartorial and physical contrasts between the two women: as if in rebuke to Romney’s long-sleeved red dress from that most traditional of first-lady designers, Oscar de la Renta, Obama strode onstage in a shimmery pink-and-grey, muscle-baring number designed by Tracy Reese, who just so happens to be an African-American woman from Detroit.” –The New Republic

“Designed by New York-based Tracy Reese, the custom silk number was paired with shoes by Mrs Obama’s go-to label, J Crew. That Reese is African American is, of course, no happy coincidence.” –The Age

Michelle Obama's dress was designed by a black woman, fashion designer Tracy Reese. #DNC2012

— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) September 5, 2012

…equally inspiring 2 see an African American woman wear a dress designed by an AA woman for the world to see. Priceless. @Tracy_Reese

— joysewing (@joysewing) September 5, 2012

And how fabulous of #MichelleObama to rock a dress by black woman designer @tracy_reese just in time for fashion week???

— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) September 5, 2012

Michelle is wearing a Tracy Reese dress. An American designer – an African-American designer – from Detroit. Take that, de la Renta.

— Carolyn Edgar (@carolynedgar) September 5, 2012

Michelle's fashion statement=political pt: Designer=black/woman/from Detroit=Tracy Reese. Makes ready2wear not couture; this was custom 4 MO

— Kate Heyhoe (@KateHeyhoe) September 5, 2012

Michelle Obama's dress was designed by a black woman, fashion designer Tracy Reese. #DNC2012

— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) September 5, 2012

Thumbs Up! RT @UrbanCusp: Michelle Obama's dress was designed by a black woman, fashion designer Tracy Reese. #DNC2012

— KK (@CockEyedOptmst) September 5, 2012

Michelle Obama at DNC in a dress by young African-American designer Tracy Reese and J. Crew shoes. She nailed the outfit!

— LW (@DesignerLena) September 5, 2012