Michelle Obama wore a necklace that spelled out VOTE while speaking at the virtual Democratic National Convention on Monday night. Video screenshot by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper/CNETThis story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the run-up to voting in November. When Michelle Obama spoke at the virtual Democratic National Convention Monday night, her necklace sent a message that captured many viewers’ attention. Obama, the final speaker during the DNC’s first night, discussed the importance of voting in this fall’s presidential election while wearing a gold necklace that spelled out V-O-T-E. She encouraged listeners to register to vote and to “vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris like our lives depend on it.”After her speech, there was such buzz about her jewelry its designer quickly offered it for sale online. While Obama never mentioned the jewelry, and the necklace was subtle, many viewers not only noticed but wanted one of their own. As soon as her speech ended, social media users began posting asking where they could buy the necklace. A representative for Los Angeles-based jewelry business By Chari confirmed Monday night that the necklace is part of the company’s custom collection, which allows buyers to spell out a name or other word on the necklace. After Obama’s speech, the company quickly added the specific VOTE necklace to its website, priced at $295 (about £223, AU$407).”So many people have been buying it (since Obama’s speech),” the By Chari representative told me via email. The catalog copy doesn’t mention Obama, but calls the necklace “undoubtedly our best-selling style,” and encourages buyers to “VOTE your heart out.” The necklace will take three to four weeks to produce, the site says. Entertain your brain with the coolest news from streaming to superheroes, memes to video games. The social buzz started almost as soon as Obama first appeared and began speaking.”Psst, Biden team: Start selling that vote necklace Michelle Obama is wearing and you’ll fund ads for the next 77 days,” Christina Reynolds tweeted. CNN White House correspondent Kate Bennett was among the first to report that the necklace was from By Chari.”Michelle Obama has always been extremely conscious that whatever she wears will likely sell out, and as such often champions smaller, less-well-known labels and brands, many with culturally diverse owners/designers,” Bennett tweeted. Just a week ago, Cuthbert, 36, spoke to Time Magazine about shifting her small company to a work-at-home business during the coronavirus outbreak. Her company has a special focus on mothers, she told Time, and work-life balance was very important to her.”We’ve been really pushing that message of self-love,” Cuthbert said. “Just taking a little time to yourself, even though we know with screaming kids in the background, it’s kind of impossible.”If the VOTE necklace proves as popular as it seemed after Obama’s speech, Cuthbert’s staff may have a little less time to themselves soon. read more

ShoppingLet’s hope democracy is more than a fashion trend. Photo courtesy of BYCHARI. Michelle Obama stole the virtual show Monday night with a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention, but she also let her fashion choices do some of the talking. The former First Lady donned a now-viral necklace spelling out “VOTE,” proving democracy can be as chic as it is dire. Twitter immediately clamored over the ballot-friendly bling. The author, attorney, and podcaster’s necklace comes from Black-owned jewelry company Bychari. Available in a mix of metals, Obama’s gold version retails for between $295 and $430, depending on letter size and chain length—there’s even a glitzy diamond rendition. If the real deal is out of your price range, custom jewelers on Etsy are offering the enfranchisement-themed design on a budget. While the “I Voted” sticker is typically the in-vogue accessory of the season, our election needle has a prediction of its own: A strong chance of vote-themed chains spotted at the polls this November. The viral VOTE necklace from BYCHARI. Photo courtesy of BYCHARI. Assistant EditorDaniella Byck joined Washingtonian in August 2018. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied journalism and digital culture. Originally from Rockville, she lives in Logan Circle. read more

Throughout Michelle Obama’s powerful 18-minute virtual Democratic national convention speech one message was clear: V-O-T-E, spelled out not just through her evisceration of Donald Trump but also by the letters of her necklace.“Vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris like our lives depend on it, ” Obama said, while wearing a gold necklace that quickly went viral, and became a top US Google search term during the last hour of the convention. This piece was from ByChari, a small Los Angeles-based jewellery company owned by Chari Cuthbert, who is African American. Obama’s decision to promote Cuthbert echoes a trend seen also on the recent cover of British Vogue, in which 40 activists wore clothes largely by BAME designers, for influential people and organisations to seek out small black-owned businesses to promote, rather than defaulting to the largely white-run conglomerates that dominate the fashion industry. Obama is a master of using her clothes to create a visual message, and in promoting marginalised and under-the-radar businesses with her style choices. Cuthbert, who launched ByChari in 2012 and recently spoke to Time magazine about the challenges of running her business during the pandemic, tweeted on Monday night that she was “beyond honoured and humbled” that Obama wore her necklace. I never imagined that something I’m so passionate about could mean so much to so many! The response has been incredible and I am beyond honored and humbled that @michelleobama wore my design. The necklace also echoed Bruce Davidson’s photograph from the Selma March, in which the word “Vote” was written on the forehead of a civil rights protester. Barack Obama spoke movingly about Selma in his eulogy of John Lewis in July, in which he praised the Democratic congressman’s perseverance and spoke out against the dangerous forces that continued to discourage voting. The former first lady expanded on these themes on Monday night, urging the public to request mail-in ballots and ensure their friends and family did the same, and go out in person.“We have got to grab our comfortable shoes, put on our masks, pack a brown-bag dinner, and maybe breakfast too, because we’ve got to be willing to stand in line all night if we have to, ” she said. read more

In this image from video, former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)“This is not the time to withhold our votes in protest or play games with candidates who have no chance of winning. We have got to vote like we did in 2008 and 2012, ” Obama said, per the Associated Press.“We’ve got to show up with the same level of passion and hope for Joe Biden. We’ve got to vote early, in person if we can. We’ve got to request our mail-in ballots right now, tonight, and send them back immediately and follow-up to make sure they’re received, ” she stressed. “And then, make sure our friends and families do the same. ”Fashion police quickly realized the “Becoming” author was wearing a delicate gold chain necklace spelling “v-o-t-e, ” since identified as a ByChari piece, a spokesperson for the brand confirmed to Fox News. Similar staples from the line retail for around $300 to $400. ByChari’s owner and designer Chari Cuthbert released another “vote” necklace for the last presidential election, she said, and was planning to debut it again this year before the item shot to social media stardom with a little help from the former first lady. The jewelry received a standing ovation from fashion fans on Twitter, while Google searches surged for the term “vote necklace. ”The Associated Press contributed to this report. read more

Former first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaThe Memo — Michelle Obama shines, scorching Trump Michelle Obama takes hatchet to Trump record, character in convention speech Read: Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention MORE’s “vote” necklace that she wore during her Democratic National Convention speech went viral on Monday night. Obama’s necklace, which featured the word “vote” spread out along a gold chain, stood out during her keynote speech at the end of the first night of the convention. While she was still talking, the necklace, created by an independent, Black-owned business, was trending on Twitter, leading Footwear News to label it as “the must-have accessory of 2020.”The piece was custom ordered from ByChari, a Los Angeles-based business run by Chari Cuthbert, a Black woman. The company is now selling the necklace in yellow, rose and white for $295 for small letters and $405 for large letters. ByChari tweeted in response to the boost in attention, saying, “I never imagined that something I’m so passionate about could mean to so much so many!”“The response has been incredible and I am beyond honored and humbled that @michelleobama wore my design,” the tweet read. Actress and comedian Allana Harkin posted that “millions of women” were “currently googling ‘Vote necklace’” after Obama’s speech. read more

Chari Cuthbert has not slept much since Michelle Obama’s speech on Monday, the first night of the four-day Democratic National Convention. “It’s like that really good dream when you wake up and you’re like, I had a dream that Michelle Obama wore my necklace at the DNC, and then you’re like, Michelle Obama actually wore my necklace,” she said Tuesday morning. The former first lady was one of the few who managed to meet the challenges of a virtual convention, in both her speech and her presentation. She spoke with urgency and clarity about the challenges the nation faces, all while wearing a necklace that said “VOTE.” It made the viewer look twice, the small but clear letters pulling one in as Obama delivered her message. And, as is her way, she promoted an American brand in the process. Cuthbert is a Los Angeles–based jewelry designer and her company, ByChari, has been popular with the influencer set, especially those who are mothers, since its founding in 2012. (Some fans spell out their child’s name or initials in the lettering, or simply proclaim themselves a “MAMA.”)Before Cuthbert drove home from her L. A. office Monday night, the calls for interviews, texts from friends and family, and flurry of social media posts spilled over. It was overwhelming. “I sat at my desk and just cried. It was like everything you’ve ever worked for all came rushing in in, like, a minute,” Cuthbert said. “Mrs. Obama is wearing your necklace. I mean, that in itself is a privilege and an honor. Having her put you on a platform that no amount of luck or opportunity or money can buy, it’s just—I have no words. It’s honestly the most humbling experience.”The plan for Obama to receive the piece came together in the third week of July, Cuthbert said. “Meredith Koop, Mrs. Obama’s stylist, who she’s worked with for many years, reached out. She emailed us and she’s like, ‘I’d love to have a necklace made for Mrs. Obama.’ It came through just a regular info email.”Michelle Obama delivered the keynote speech at the end of the Democratic National Convention’s first night. From Getty Images. As soon as the ByChari P. R. team confirmed that the request was indeed on behalf of the Michelle Obama, they got to work. “We were like, ‘It will be done in an hour,’” Cuthbert said, laughing. Cuthbert had no idea what event the request was for, but guessed, because of its timing, that the former first lady wanted something nice to wear for her husband’s birthday on August 4. It was instead featured during one of Obama’s most powerful speeches to date. To underscore how out of the blue it was, Cuthbert said that she even had to hand over her Twitter login to a friend so she could manage it. “She’s like, ‘Honey, I had to clean up some stuff in there,’” Cuthbert said. She was thankful for the help. “I couldn’t even look at Twitter because I was on email and phone calls. read more

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