After Sasha and Malia Obama's Very Elegant State Dinner Debut,How Their Style Has Evolved During Their Dad's Presidency

Growing up in the public eye is certainly not easy, but First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama have done it with flair — and with style.

In the last year of their father's presidency, the teenagers finally attended their first state dinner at the White House on Thursday night. And though they've always looked polished for the cameras, it became clear how far their fashion sense has come since their dad's 2008 campaign, as the two looked picture-perfect in beautiful designer gowns.



Here, FEMAIL takes a look at the style evolution of Sasha, 14, and Malia, 17, over the course of President Obama's two terms, examining just how they went from gawky but girly kids to chic, poised young ladies.

The president is the first to remark on how far his daughters have come, and he did so during his remarks at the state dinner last night.

'When I first elected to this office, Malia was just 10 and Sasha was 7. And they grow up too fast,' he said. 'Now Malia is going off to college … And I’m starting to choke up.'
Surely, the girls were cute back in 2008, when then-Senator Obama was making his bid for the White House. And their style was age-appropriate too, packed with pretty pink hues, frilly bows, and floral prints.

When Obama greeted the crowd at the Democratic National Convention that year, the girls joined him on stage in matching pink frocks: Malia's lacy, with a girlish ribbon tied around it, and Sasha's a swinging shift.

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