Malia Obama is in her auteur filmmaker era, and there’s nobody better to help usher her into it than Vivienne Westwood.
The Obama scion hit the red carpet at the 50th Deauville American Film Festival in Deauville, France where she is promoting her directorial debut, a short film called “The Heart.” The film already screened at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where she gave us a taste of her red carpet style (albeit in a more casual setting) in a long gray coat over a pale blue button-up and a miniskirt, which she accessorized with a skinny gray knit scarf and knee-high boots.
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This time, however, she was able to offer a little insight into her style. While we’ve seen Malia Obama’s approach to street style—often playing with proportions and pattern—this may very well be the former First Daughter’s public occasion in formalwear since she was in the White House.
For the French film festival, she wore plaid separates from Vivienne Westwood’s fall 2024 collection by the late designer’s partner, Andreas Kronthaler. She opted for a draped, off-the-shoulder sweetheart corset rendered in a gray-and-red tartan, which she paired with an asymmetrical skirt featuring the same pattern as her top, as well as a blue-and-white plaid.
“Queen,” Obama said of Westwood, when asked by a reporter about her outfit. “I don’t know as much about fashion, but I’m happy to be wearing it.”