This classic women’s clothing store has a First Lady connection worth boasting about: Michelle Obama is clearly a fan. Photos of the First Lady flaunting her famous arms in Talbots dresses have restored some cache to the 67-year-old chain, which has struggled in recent years to shed its dowdy image and catch the attention of younger women. Talbots, opening this spring on the lower level near Sears, is the third tenant to leave the dying White Flint Mall for a new home at Westfield Montgomery. But you won’t necessarily see the chain’s signature red door this time around; that’s one classic look that many Talbots stores are phasing out.
