Michelle Obama State of the Union dress 2014 [PHOTO]: FLOTUS dazzles in forest green Azzedine Alaia outfit

Michelle Obama State of the Union 2014 dress is by Azzedine Alaia AP

The First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama wore a forest green Azzedine Alaia dress for the annual State of the Union address tonight.

As President Barack Obama delivered his annual speech, the First Lady was joined by dozens of others in a viewing box at the Capitol Hill to watch the speech.

The dress was complemented with a matching jacket and belt.

Following tradition, Americans ranging from CEOs to single mothers joined the FLOTUS at Capitol Hill.

Those joining Michelle Obama are as follows:

Dr. Jill Biden (second Lady of the United States), Valerie B. Jarrett, (Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama), Jason Collins (12 year NBA Player), Carlos Arredondo and Jeff Bauman (survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing), Gary Bird (Fire Chief) , Kathy Hollowell-Makle (2013 DCPS Teacher of the Year), Aliana Arzola-Piñero (2013 Kids State Dinner Attendee), Cristian Avila (DREAMer, "Core Faster" and Voter Engagement Coordinator, Mi Familia Vota), Mary Barra (Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company), Governor Steve Beshear, Tyrone Davis (Fellow with the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps), Vice Admiral Michelle Howard (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans & Strategy), Sabrina Simone Jenkins, Mayor Ed Lee of San Francisco, Andra Rush (Founder and Chairperson, The Rush Group, Detroit Manufacturing Systems), Amanda Shelley (Physician Assistant), Antoinette Tuff (DeKalb County Bookkeeper), Misty DeMars, Peter Mouskondis (President and CEO, Nicholas & Company, Inc.), Cory Remsburg and Craig Remsburg, Estiven Rodriguez (Student, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School), John Soranno (CEO, Punch Pizza), and Nick Chute (Kitchen Worker, Punch Pizza).

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