The White House unveiled the official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama Wednesday for her husband's second term, and in the words of the New York Daily News, it seems "the bangs are now official."

Though she earlier joked that she got the new hairstyle as a "mid-life crisis," now all of posterity will remember Michelle Obama with bangs.

Here's the photo:

(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

The Atlantic notes that, in a change from the official photo of her husband's first term, Michelle Obama's famous arms have been covered.

Here's her her first official photo:

(White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)