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  • 2016-03-16 (xsd:date)
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  • Sasha and Malia Obama's Dresses Cost Taxpayers $20,000 Each? (en)
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  • On 11 March 2016, several web sites published photos of Sasha and Malia Obama at their first White House state dinner, along with the claim that the dresses worn by the first two First Daughters were worth about $20,000 each: Some publications used the price of the dresses to criticize the Obama administration, while others falsely claimed that taxpayers bought and paid for the dresses worn by Sasha and Malia: While it's true that Sasha and Malia Obama wore two dresses worth about $40,000 to a state dinner at the White House, American taxpayers didn't pick up the tab. In 2014, Michelle Obama's press secretary Joanna Rosholm said that the First Lady's (and, by extension, the First Daughters') gowns are generally paid for for out of pocket, although dresses are occasionally donated: The Washington Post reported in 2011 that the First Lady's personal assistant buys many of her dresses at discounted prices: The issue of clothing is one that bedevils many First Families. While Presidential spouses are expected to dress extravagantly for state functions, they receive no salary or clothing allowance, taxpayer-funded or otherwise. (en)
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