Malia Obama isn’t afraid of the dye job—new era, new filmmaking venture, new look. Now, Malia Ann Obama is debuting her brightest red hair yet.
The daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama stepped out following a yoga class in Los Angeles, giving us a look at her more intense red hair: It’s a rusty hue, set in braids which the young filmmaker pulled back into a low, gathered up ponytail—a color not too far off her tangerine yoga mat.
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Malia Obama’s sense of style percolates among Gen Z’s most recognizable sartorial pillars: looser silhouettes, vintage, power clashing. It’s laidback and comfortable, with rotational key pieces like plaid separates and thrifted boots. Her beauty aesthetic follows the throughline: Loose curls with a smattering of little plaits, box braids, and various shades of red. For her directorial debut The Heart and its screening at the Deauville American Film Festival, Obama wore a Vivienne Westwood dress with undulating braids in brick tones. And while she once toyed with a blonde dip-dye, she’s oscillated in recent years between hues of cherry, auburn, and now, a most intense and rusty red.