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Barack Obama Wore the Same Shoes and Tux for 8 Years Straight!

We have double standards when it comes to fashion, said Michelle Obama at the WWDC 2017.

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

While that tired adage has been synonymous with world leaders, it’s seldom used to describe someone’s dress sense.

Dubbed the best-dressed president since JFK by GQ, the former leader of the free world kept it shockingly simple, by actually wearing the same tuxedo and the same pair of shoes throughout his eight-year presidency!

At the 2017 WWDC conference, the former first lady explained that while her appearance was always under the scanner, her husband managed to get away with wearing the same suit jacket for both terms in the White House.
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