Posted on 05/30/2017 8:28:25 AM PDT by mandaladon
Melania Trump is proving to the fashion designers who said they wouldn’t help her that dressing well is the best revenge.
The first lady’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican, Belgium and Sicily — wearing mostly Dolce & Gabbana — was a fashion tour de force that has forced many naysayers in the rag trade to rethink.
The list of designers who said they wouldn’t dress Melania is long, led by Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Christian Siriano and Sophie Theallet.
But Melania has managed to look smashing in dozens of different ensembles, from her white Ralph Lauren jumpsuit on election night to the D&G 3-D floral coat she wore in Sicily on Friday.
Defending the former model against critics who harped on the garment’s $51,500 cost, the Washington Post’s Robin Givhan opined, “Frankly, the floral coat is beautiful.”
“There is a softening, a melting,” stylist Phillip Bloch told me. “Fashion people are fickle and fake. They are starting to see she is a beautiful woman who is married to the president, and it is an honor to dress her.”
Deliveries to Trump Tower have picked up. “Most days, the lobby is brimming with wardrobe boxes delivered for Melania,” a source told me. “Once she tries on the outfits and decides what she will keep, the boxes come back downstairs.”
Not since Jacqueline Kennedy has there been a first lady who needs less help.
“She doesn’t need couture. She can buy off the rack, and it looks beautiful,” Bloch said. “She knows her size, and she knows what works on her. She luxuriates in minimal.”
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Good on her. If they want to make it political, she can make it about profit.
Any bets on how long they before they start begging her to reconsider?
The fickle and fake rag trade.
I hope Trump uses that line.
Bake the damn cake, hypocrites.
Go Trump - MAGA
Go Melania - Lady MAGA
Try "stupid and childish."
She can buy off the rack. In the rag trade, that is the highest of compliments!
I wonder how this works. Do they put a bill in the box in case she likes it? Does she wear it and then return it to them? Does she wear it but then it belongs to the Museum?
I hope she favors D&G since they supported her right to wear the clothes..and they faced backlash
The fickle and fake fashionistas often had Michelle Obama looking ridiculous. And one day they’ll be accused of racism for it.
Donald Trump is a billionaire. He made his money in the private sector through people voluntarily buying his real estate and service he provides. If he wants to buy his wife a $51,100 coat, so be it. I have no problem with it. When Michelle Obama was wearing clothes that cost five figures, she was getting them because she was the wife of a president, or bought them with money that people paid to the Obamas for political influence. That is why it was inappropriate for Michelle to be wearing them but perfectly fine for Melania to be wearing them.
Every morning, I wake up in a sweat worried about what the tranny screenwriters and La Raza think oh noes!
They are obviously her favorite, she wears D&G more than any other designers
What a wonderful First Lady. How lucky we are.
Vice President Pence showed up at the biker rally in DC this weekend- It would be awesome to see Trump and (especially) Melania in biker leathers at the next event.
Melania Trump probably wouldn’t waste a moment on revenge. She’s a positive person who always moves forward.
These headline “designers” are full of horse stuff.
“Not since Jacqueline Kennedy has there been a first lady who needs less help.”
Jackie Kennedy was not beautiful in the same league with Melania!
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