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(52,196 posts) Fri Oct 6, 2023, 09:02 PM Oct 2023

Malia Obama Is a New Menswear Icon [View all]

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Since graduating from Harvard in 2021, Malia has been living in Los Angeles, where she recently worked as a writer on Donald Glover’s Beyhive-inspired TV series Swarm.

Taking a smoke break outside an LA convenience store, Malia wore an earth-toned cropped knit cardigan from the Australian brand Kina & Tam (whose website describes its overall design philosophy as “dopamine dressing”), lug-soled black boots, and high-waisted pleated wool slacks.

The trousers, to be sure, are the real stars of the show here; to borrow the words of my GQ colleague Avidan Grossman, they invoked “one dart, two pleats, zero notes.” Easygoing pants have been the anchor of Malia’s great recent menswear-y outfits:

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Malia Obama Is a New Menswear Icon [View all] question everything Oct 2023 OP

What a shame she's a smoker. Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #1

+! struggle4progress Oct 2023 #2

maybe it's Death Star Indica prodigitalson Oct 2023 #11

Takes after her dad Polybius Oct 2023 #78

Shit, I hate to see her smoking... hlthe2b Oct 2023 #3

Like the outfit. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #4

I think bdamomma Oct 2023 #5

No, and what's funny is, his daughters GOT HIM TO QUIT is what I read someplace. a kennedy Oct 2023 #6

Pressure from peers, work stress...will bring it on onetexan Oct 2023 #40

He quit for good in 2011 TexasBushwhacker Oct 2023 #7

vaping is the only way I as ever able to quit prodigitalson Oct 2023 #13

Just the habit of sticking something in your mouth TexasBushwhacker Oct 2023 #27

I did the same canetoad Oct 2023 #36

It worked for me. Disaffected Oct 2023 #63

Swine flu did it for me ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #67

silver lining! prodigitalson Oct 2023 #73

My mother didn't intend to quit, but after a nasty case of flu, she found she couldn't stand it, so tblue37 Oct 2023 #83

smoking is NOT 'cool', Naomi Fry is a fucking idiot Celerity Oct 2023 #8

WTF does that even mean? Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #17

I am assuming she is using it in a sociological way, and in that context, it is really problematic Celerity Oct 2023 #22

Thanks. That's kind of a bizarre comment, though, because Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #23

maybe she yearns for the Mad Men days Celerity Oct 2023 #26

Probably Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #37

Sad to see this . . . Journeyman Oct 2023 #9

ever smoked meth? prodigitalson Oct 2023 #15

My dad became addicted to heroin after Vietnam... MyNameIsJonas Oct 2023 #19

No but I hear it's good for weight loss. Not so good for teeth. JanMichael Oct 2023 #35

I'm not convinced it's that good for weight loss. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #61

I sat on the Board of an indigent drug and alcohol detox & rehab facility . . . Journeyman Oct 2023 #42

took me seven attempts over seven years Skittles Oct 2023 #51

Been 37 years for me. Even today, if I'm near someone smoking, I'm either repulsed or enticed . . . Journeyman Oct 2023 #54

I still love the smell of tobacco Skittles Oct 2023 #55

I used aversion therapy to quit . . . Journeyman Oct 2023 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Journeyman Oct 2023 #60

Smoking just like her dad... budkin Oct 2023 #10

the trousers are "the real stars of the show here" Skittles Oct 2023 #12

I really like her outfit. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #25

I never said she could not wear what she wants Skittles Oct 2023 #49

Thank you for saying Marthe48 Oct 2023 #31

things change Celerity Oct 2023 #34

that Kina & Tam Pastiche Cardigan is lit 💙💙 Celerity Oct 2023 #33

+1 It is very unimpressive. Earth-shine Oct 2023 #53

Post removed Post removed Oct 2023 #14

Bye now mahina Oct 2023 #20

In what way, pray tell? Hekate Oct 2023 #29

Damn Malia.. Stop that Cance Stick Shit.. NOW. Cha Oct 2023 #16

Wish she wouldn't smoke. MyNameIsJonas Oct 2023 #18

I grew up with smoking parents, too. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #64

I'm sorry. MyNameIsJonas Oct 2023 #66

I read her boyfriend in college Tree Lady Oct 2023 #72

"menswear" redqueen Oct 2023 #21

Agree. Hope22 Oct 2023 #24

+1 leftstreet Oct 2023 #30

It's not even menswear Sympthsical Oct 2023 #38

I feel very bad for her, not that she would care... PCIntern Oct 2023 #28

Life is a fatal disease. She will likely quit in her 30s. JanMichael Oct 2023 #39

I have watched smokers deteriorate during my 45 years of practice PCIntern Oct 2023 #44

That's understandable. I wonder what the percentage of quitters in their 30s is JanMichael Oct 2023 #46

What a terrible headline leftstreet Oct 2023 #32

"dopamine dressing" LudwigPastorius Oct 2023 #41

Yeah, I know. What does that even mean? blue neen Oct 2023 #45

I think it means wearing something that you like to wear. LudwigPastorius Oct 2023 #47

Young people now reduce everything that feels good to them to Wingus Dingus Oct 2023 #71

Like her mother, this very tall slender young woman can throw on anything & make it look good. And... Hekate Oct 2023 #43

They are still role models for many young women. Yes, both smoke question everything Oct 2023 #48

I think Malia looks just like her dad! LeftInTX Oct 2023 #75

I know -- I've always been struck by how much Malia looks like her father & his side of the family Hekate Oct 2023 #76

Smoking ruins the whole look and makes it very unattractive 👎 Raine Oct 2023 #50

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Or how about sitting on Daddys lap or how about Daddy saying if she wasn't my daughter I'd date her GuppyGal Oct 2023 #56

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You are quite welcome it's like shooting dead fish in a barrel GuppyGal Oct 2023 #58

Earth-toned cropped knit cardigan? Chellee Oct 2023 #62

see post 33 Celerity Oct 2023 #77

That's not menswear JI7 Oct 2023 #65

I dunno. ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #68

I loved wearing trousers like that when I was young, men's suit vests and sometimes betsuni Oct 2023 #69

I will not judge her on her smoking. We all Emile Oct 2023 #70

Is it even really still menswear? madville Oct 2023 #74

Womenswear ... Donkees Oct 2023 #81

I like the pleated trousers Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #82

I wore pants like that in the 80s XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #79

Since she is a woman the press will focus on her fashion forever ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #80

I like her style in general... it gives me Lisa Bonet vibes. n/t demmiblue Oct 2023 #84