Wow! Malia Obama's Red Hair Got Our Attention

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 25: Malia Obama is seen on January 25, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bellocqimages/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

We’ve told you many times before that Malia Obama has become a new style icon. And once again, Malia decided to interrupt our day by getting a makeover. The 25-year-old former first daughter was spotted in Los Angeles with her signature waist-length brown locks trimmed to the middle of her back and dyed auburn. She debuted her new look with a pair of brown pinstripe pants, a gray tank top with spaghetti straps and a white cardigan. She completed her makeup-free look with a pair of black boots for a casual movie outing with a friend who also sports red hair.

“Very flattering cut and color,” said one internet commenter of the new ‘do. “She looks a lot more polished,” said another.

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It’s the second time this month the elder Obama offspring has displayed her grown-up fashion sense. Three weeks ago, she nearly broke the internet when she was photographed taking a smoking break outside an L.A. convenience store in a cropped cardigan, high-waisted pleated menswear-style wool slacks and lug-soled black boots. Several social media users said she was giving Lisa Bonet from her A Different World era vibes, which she totally was.

“This picture of Malia Obama is quietly iconic,” Blake Thornton, a popular Black Tiktoker known for his snarky comments, said of the smoking break photo. “I know this picture is an inspiration to little brown girls around the world.”

While it might seem a little silly to track the Obama girls’ trends, we can’t help it. Malia and her younger sister Sasha grew up in front of our eyes, but during the White House years, their mom Michelle dressed them in simple and conservative jewel-colored outfits. Despite their parents’ very public lives while they were children, the sisters were largely shielded from publicity throughout their formative years. So it makes sense that we’re intrigued by every move the siblings make since leaving the nest and growing into their own fashion icon status.

Kendra Lee is a writer based outside Washington, D.C.

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