Obama's Mom Jeans...Or Dad Jeans?

on July 22, 2009 at 7:00 AM

Photo By Jamie Squire/Getty

President Obama is probably used to critics attacking his policies. But his fashion sense? That's a new one.

The President has been endlessly mocked all over the Internet for wearing baggy jeans when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game in St. Louis. Some fashionistas are calling his outfit...wait for it..."Mom jeans."

Frankly, I think that term is ridiculous. My dad wears much worse jeans than my mom ever did—the wash was always uncool, the legs were always a little too short. (Sorry, Dad, it's true.) Don't get me started about the cutoffs...

So it seems to me that President Obama was just being a typical dad wearing his typical dad jeans. Why do we have to bring moms into it?

Why does no one ever make fun of "Dad jeans?"

About the author Kim Conte

has shoes that make people stop her on the street and ask "Where did you get those?" but it doesn't work for taxi cabs as she was hit by one ... and lived to tell the tale. She has more freckles than Lohan but way less attitude. And she's a fierce cook with tons of recipes to share -- and wishes she could share some with Bourdain.