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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Obama Bomber Jacket Moment happened at a Duke-UNC basketball game.
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People Are Extremely Into Barack Obamas Bomber Jacket With 44 On The Sleeve
The Obama Bomber Moment happened at a Duke-UNC basketball game.
By Jenna Amatulli
The former president and one of Americas many dads Barack Obama wore a black bomber jacket with 44 embroidered on the sleeve Wednesday night, and the internet is extremely amped about it.
The Obama Bomber Moment, as it will henceforth be called, happened at the basketball game between celebrated rivals Duke and the University of North Carolina.
While its immediately obvious that the 44 is a reference to the 44th U.S. president, the jackets origin was not. GQ tracked down the bomber and found that it retails for $595 from Rag & Bone.
Marcus Wainwright, the founder and chief brand officer at Rag & Bone, told the publication that the company custom-made the jacket for Obama toward the end of his second term and wasnt expecting him to wear it in public.
However, after Wainwright saw The Obama Bomber Moment, he told GQ: Making a jacket for the president, thats fucking awesome. How else can you put it? When they look good in it, its even more gratifying.
And, truly, Obama looked good. The internet was overjoyed. Mothers were (probably) crying, children were (likely) celebrating.
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The Obama Bomber Jacket Moment happened at a Duke-UNC basketball game. (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Feb 2019
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MaryMagdaline
(6,854 posts)1. He looks good in anything. Happy for the designer to see him wear it well
LiberalFighter
(50,912 posts)2. Yes he does wear it well. :)
irresistable
(989 posts)3. Who is that woman standing next to him?
A Secret Service Supermodel?
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)5. I can see some advantages to that, but she works for ESPN.
dmr
(28,347 posts)4. Oh, man, I MISS him.
I truly, truly, truly miss my President.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)6. Oh, NOES! He's become a gangsta!
LOL. I guess that's what the MAGAts are saying.
That jacket is awesome. I bet the maker WAS proud of this showing. Obama wears it well, as they say.
Is that Malia, or someone flirting with our President?
JI7
(89,248 posts)7. he is EVERYTHING
lunatica
(53,410 posts)9. He is all that!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. He looks like a men's wear model
And Im sure it pains Trump mightily, or in a word he would understand better, Bigly!