America’s First Daughters (what else should you call the First Lady’s children) have been taking advantage of their mother’s Italian leg of her whistle-stop European tour to hit the shops and art galleries of fashion capital Milan.
Malia and Sasha Obama made an early morning visit to the prestigious Fondazione Prada art gallery on Wednesday, dressed in short sleeves in the city’s searing summer temperatures.
The exhibit visit followed a day shopping and sightseeing with mum Michelle, the First Lady, on Wednesday. Sasha, 14, and Malia, 16, were seen walking together in the Corso Como shopping street in the city centre on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after landing in Italy.
The two sisters, appeared to have inherited their mom’s love of fashion, and were dressed in on-trend ensembles in the Italian fashion capital. Malia wore a matching black-and-white checked shorts and top combo with strappy brown sandals while younger sister Sasha wore an off-shoulder white top with frilled hem and ripped white jeans.
The President’s daughters indulged in some retail therapy on Corso Como – a trendy, pedestrianized street in the heart of the city where there are a number of boutiques. Earlier on Wednesday, the First Lady, Sasha, Malia and Mrs Obama’s mom Marian Robinson met with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife and daughter.
The group paid a short visit to the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie to see Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper.
Michelle Obama was also seen cooking up a storm at a healthy cooking expo in Milan with American chefs Mario Batali and John Besh and a group of 7th and 8th graders from the American School in Milan.
‘Are you guys ready to cook with us?’ the First Lady said. ‘I’m not really an executive chef. I just hang out with them.’
Italy was the second leg of the First Lady’s European trip that puts an international spin on her core White House initiatives – including eating wisely.
