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DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:29 PM Aug 2015

Malia Obama (6 feet tall!) Follows Her Mother into the Fashion Spotlight (BOG)

It was the T-shirt seen round the world.

In January, a candid photograph of Malia Obama, the older daughter of the president and first lady, dressed in a baggy white T-shirt imprinted with the distinctive logo of the Brooklyn rap collective Pro Era, showed up on the Internet — most notably on the Instagram account of Pro Era (where it has picked up more than 6,200 “likes”).

The response to that image, a far cry from the demurely dressed teenager seen in the officially sanctioned photos issued from the White House (always in the company of one of her parents and usually her younger sister, Sasha), was immediate....

Not only was the T-shirt a striking departure from the ladylike J. Crew and Kate Spade dresses that the 17-year-old Malia typically wears to official events, but it also signaled that, after more than eight years in the public eye, in which she had grown from a somewhat shy preadolescent into a confident teenager, she is increasingly seen as a style icon for young women in her age group, one who occasionally takes the kind of fashion risks long associated with her mother....

Her profile (and, with it, the reporting of sightings of her around New York this summer) has only been enhanced by her internship on the HBO series “Girls.” That followed both Malia and Sasha (along with the “Mad Men” actress Kiernan Shipka, the singer Lorde and the reality TV stars Kylie and Kendall Jenner) being named to the list of the “25 Most Influential Teens” by Time magazine last October.

Her moment now as New York’s most recent “it” girl “is all about timing,” said Kerry Pieri, digital director of fashion and features at Harper’s Bazaar, adding that Malia’s height (about 6 feet) and good looks don’t hurt....

New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1K0rpeW

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Malia Obama (6 feet tall!) Follows Her Mother into the Fashion Spotlight (BOG) (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Aug 2015 OP
That is one gorgeous young lady! leftofcool Aug 2015 #1
Go for it! DeepModem Mom Aug 2015 #4
She could be a model, but I hope she takes on more worthwhile pursuits TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #2
Wonderful! Wellstone ruled Aug 2015 #3
Lovely, lovely young woman mcar Aug 2015 #5
Absolutely gorgeous! Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #6

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
1. That is one gorgeous young lady!
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:33 PM
Aug 2015

I wonder if I should send a copy of my son's "Application for Permission to Date my Daughter" to the President?

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
2. She could be a model, but I hope she takes on more worthwhile pursuits
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:36 PM
Aug 2015

Not that there's anything wrong with being a model, but with her pedigree, brains, and looks, she could do a lot.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Wonderful!
Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:38 PM
Aug 2015

Hope she does make fashion her career. And you know the Wing Nuts heads are exploding,already getting stupid quotes from our racist in laws,sad to say,you do not have choices when it comes to relatives,you just have to put them on ignore.

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