“I think the ladies will be impressed by my style sense.”
He joked while sifting through the garments among roughly 20 shocked customers.
Carlene Whitney, a hotel housekeeper from Queens, described herself as simply "amazed" after bumping into him.
"He said 'today is a beautiful day to be in New York.' He shook my hand. I was amazed. He's more handsome in person. Very sexy," she gushed.
After picking a pair of sweaters and a blue workout jacket, Obama moved to the cash register, as reporters, photographers, aides, and Secret Service agents looked on.
The President paid $154.85 for his purchase, which included a light blue workout jacket for Michelle — size medium — and two button-down sweaters for his daughters, one coral and the other light pink.
Using a credit card to pay, Obama pretended that he did not know that he could sign his name on the credit card machine.
"Oh wow. So, you can sign the machine?" he said.
As reporters took note, Obama said he was teasing: "They had these around the last time I shopped."
Obama had dropped by a Midtown Manhattan branch of the clothing chain to thank Gap Inc for its decision to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour this year and $10 an hour in 2017. He has been campaigning to persuade businesses and Congress to raise wages for workers at the bottom of the scale.
Obama then thanked Gap for raising the minimum wage for its employees and urged other companies to do the same.
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