We watched as the bands marched by - the red, white, and blue streamers welcoming us to a new role: the family members of a President.' But being seven, we didn't quite understand the gravity of the position our grandfather was committing to. We listened intently to the words spoken on Inauguration Day service, duty, honor. Later, in an open letter of candid White House life advice to Malia and Sasha Obama published in The Wall Street Journal, the sisters relayed their experience that day: 'We stood proudly on the platform, our tiny hands icicles, as we lived history. Bush, swore in as the 41st President of the United States. Just seven years old, the Bush sisters first looked on as their grandfather, George H. Frequently described as the life of the party and not Republican, these ladies boldly carved out their own career paths and lifestyles. While coming of age as America's first family may have taken its toll, those bumps and bruises along the way only proved to define them as individuals. They're powerhouses in their own right: independently strong women who value family as well as contemporary ideals, and the close-knit relationship they share as fraternal twins.

These days, the sisters are lighting up the town in New York City, taking turns appearing at fashion week runway shows, red carpets, and fundraisers, all the while collectively working as CEO, mom, wife, teacher, advocate, TV personality, humanitarian, author, and editor at large. But it was his second term when the young fashionistas truly started owning their style. America's first daughters stepped into White House history the moment their father was inaugurated on Jan. Bush, share not only a birthday but a modern and refined look, cultivated over many years spent navigating a blinding - and perhaps uninvited - political spotlight.

Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush Hager, glamorous 'It Girl' twin daughters of former President George W.

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