5 times Sasha Obama's fashion was unfairly criticized

In August 2023, candid photos hit the web showing Sasha Obama and her older sister, Malia, leaving a post-concert party hosted by rapper Drake at a Los Angeles club. Both sisters showed off their fashionable sides for the event, with Sasha wearing a tight corset-style crop top with lace across the chest and green cargo pants with black heels. Malia rocked a long sleeve lace-up front top and sheer printed pants. And the internet had a lot to say about the whole thing. “Where did these young women get their clothes? (…) Sasha looks good but her clothes look like she slept in them…didn’t their parents raise them, n ‘is this not ?” someone asked on X. “This is very ‘inappropriate,'” another person said tweetedreferencing their mother Michelle Obama’s book, “Becoming.”

All the criticism was completely unfair, however, given that these outfits were worn at a private, casual party, not a public event. Plus, the Obama sisters didn’t ask to be public figures. They also have the right to wear whatever they want. Likewise, Sasha’s outfit was entirely appropriate in context. Cargo pants were (and continue to be) totally hot and, let’s be real, her outfit was perfectly in line with what other Gen Z celebs would wear for a night out.