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Malia Obama Borrows a Page From the Supermodel Archives

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Group of diverse fashion models posing in elegant evening gowns on luxurious staircase indoors.
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The filmmaker put a fresh spin on a look straight out of the 1990s heyday, the era when a handful of models became as famous as the clothes themselves. It's a era we're always happy to see revisited, and she brought her own instincts to it rather than a costume-party copy. The update reads as homage, not imitation — proof that the decade's best tricks still work when someone knows exactly which ones to keep.

With reporting from Harper's Bazaar.

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