Former US president Barack Obama joking around at a side event for the Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur in December. Photo: Getty Images

Barack Obama makes a preppy style statement in Malaysia – is it ‘normcore’ no more for ex-US president?

  • Obama’s ankle-flaunting military green pants and Adidas Stan Smith sneakers suggest the former president is taking his fashion choices more seriously these days
  • He is well known for saying in a 2012 interview that he would only wear grey or blue suits as he was trying to ‘pare down decisions’
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Former US president Barack Obama joking around at a side event for the Obama Foundation in Kuala Lumpur in December. Photo: Getty Images
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Vincenzo La Torre

Vincenzo La Torre

Italian-born Vincenzo La Torre started his career in fashion journalism after graduating from Columbia University in New York. He has previously worked for Vogue Japan, Harper's Bazaar Singapore and Prestige Hong Kong. Before joining the Post as fashion editor in 2017, Vincenzo was a member of the launch team of Vogue Arabia in Dubai.