I just spotted this on the Huffington Post. Visit that link for a full slide show of Michelle O images, showing the cut from several angles.

Do you love it, or do you LOVE IT?

I think she looks so awesome -- sleek, modern, trendsetting as always. But, of course, I'm an unabashed "Stan" of the whole Obama clan.

I'm sure Michelle O's many detractors will find a way to spin this into a negative. Hopefully, she'll continue to brush them off. Go 'head, Michelle!

** US Weekly also has a great pic of the style, in case you'd like to see another angle.

*** edited at 11:10 a.m. Central time -- Thanks so much to my new friend, eyebrow guru Rashida B. She sent me this article that reveals -- ta-dah! This "haircut" isn't a cut at all!

Michelle Obama's hairstylist, Johnny Wright, revealed the secret to Urban Beauty Collective.

"No, I didn't cut her hair. There are two things I do. The UP-TUCK, like you are tucking something in. Then I do a TUCK-UP. The UP-TUCK is when I position a small ponytail somewhere on the head, and then I tuck the rest of the hair up under that ponytail. Then a TUCK-UP is when I take the hair and gather it all in the back and I twist it and I pull up and tuck. And that is what she got last night! A TUCK UP! Not a cut.

I have done it on different celebrities, and it looks different every time depending on the length of the hair. It's a really easy up do. And it looks really classy and appropriate for any occasion."

Yes, indeed. So we've all learned a new beauty trick of the trade (that I'm totally gonna try myself!) and quite a few of the commentators on this thread exorcised their inner racist demons on a hair blog. All in all, a learning experience. For some more than others, apparently.