On Tuesday, we passed along the tidbit that First Lady Michelle Obama would cover the March 2009 issue Vogue–and as promised here she is.

What are our thoughts on this cover?

Mrs. O is only the second First Lady to front an issue of The Fashion Bible–Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the first to do so back in December 1998.

Michelle Obama on the March 2009 cover of Vogue arrives on newsstands on Feb. 17.