"President-elect Barack Obama was about to walk out to take the oath of office. Backstage at the US Capitol, he took one last look at his appearance in the mirror," chief White House photographer Pete Souza wrote.
At 26, Reggie Love, a former Duke University football and basketball star, became then-US Sen. Barack Obama's right-hand man during his first presidential campaign in 2007.
In his memoir, "Power Forward: My Presidential Education," Reggie Love, now 33, explained what it was like to crisscross the nation with Obama, buying his clothes, carrying his luggage, babysitting his children, and serving his meals.
"I was his DJ, his Kindle, his travel agent, his valet, his daughters' basketball coach, his messenger, his punching bag, his alarm clock, his vending machine, his chief of stuff, his note passer, his spades partner, his party planner, his workout partner, his caterer, his small forward, his buffer, his gatekeeper, his surrogate son, and ultimately, improbably, luckily, his friend," Love wrote.
While the clothes didn't necessarily make the man, Love notes that Obama's attire made "a vital and intractable impression."
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