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"I WILL NEVER HIRE RALPH LAUREN TO DESIGN MY PARADE COSTUMES, EVEN IF HE BEGS ME!"
Posted on 01/23/2017 6:03:09 PM PST by drewh
Melania Trump wore a powder-blue outfit on Friday to her husband’s inauguration, and now the designer that dressed her is coming under scrutiny.
People are now calling for a boycott of Ralph Lauren, the designer behind Melania’s dress, on social media as they label the brand as “supporting oppression,” according to Harper’s Bazaar.
“Some Twitter users believe the move shows that Lauren doesn’t care about sexual assault towards women – a reference to the numerous allegations that have emerged concerning the new President.” There’s even a hashtag being used by those who support the boycott, #boycottRalphLauren, as people take to sharing their opinions and even tag the brand’s Twitter page in their rants.
“Ralph Lauren just hurt a lot of women today and we won’t forget. It’s not OK to support oppression. #boycottralphlauren #imwithtomford” And while some may beg to state the designer had no choice in dressing Melania as the First Lady could have chosen to wear any brand, her powder-blue dress was a custom creation from Ralph Lauren.
Ralph Lauren is boycotted for dressing Melania Trump for inauguration day [Image by Drew Angerer/Getty Images] “The brand designed a custom-made powder-blue dress for the new First Lady, which she wore with matching elbow-length gloves and diamond earrings.” This means the clothing retailer did, in fact, make the decision to dress Mrs. Trump for her husband’s inauguration. And it seems some of the public is not happy with the brand’s decision to do so as they criticized them online and called for the boycott. One Twitter user even created an account to mock Melania with the handle “First Tramp @callgirlmelania.”
“Shame on you @RalphLauren for dressing the wife of incoming dictator. Anything for a buck. #BoycottRalphLauren #GrabYourWallet” Another Twitter user said they’re throwing away all of their own Ralph Lauren items in protest of the brand.
“Shame on you RalphLauren throwing all your garments I own into the trash. #BoycottRalphLauren” Harper’s Bazaar also reported on the statement made by a Ralph Lauren spokesperson regarding the boycott.
“We immediately started to get complaints about Melania Trump wearing [the label]. And people are using the #boycottralphlauren hashtag.” However, the brand also dressed Hillary Clinton for the inauguration, yet people aren’t protesting the Democrat wearing the brand.
“Lauren also dressed Hillary Clinton for the inauguration, who wore a white pant suit. The move is thought to show an apolitical stance.” Ralph Lauren is boycotted for dressing Melania Trump for inauguration day [Image by Pool/Getty Images] Glamour also reported on the blow-back over Melania’s outfit, saying not all the responses are negative. Camille Grammer, former wife of actor Kelsey Grammer, also took to Twitter to share her opinion.
“Politics aside.. Melania’s outfit is superb! Stunning! #dress #RalphLauren” Another Twitter user agreed with Camille as they stated Melania looked stunning in the custom-made dress.
“Melania Trump looks STUNNING in #RalphLauren inauguration outfit. Can’t wait to see the next four years of her fashion in The White House.” While some people are trying to force their political ideologies on the designer, Glamour states Lauren has never made his political affiliations known and has dressed numerous First Ladies.
“Lauren has a history of dressing first ladies, regardless of their political affiliation, having dressed Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, and Betty Ford. As WWD reports, Lauren the man has never endorsed a candidate or disclosed his political affiliation.” The site also quoted a spokesperson from the brand saying the inauguration was an important day for everyone to look their best, and Lauren took an apolitical stance by dressing all Melania, Hillary, and Michelle Obama for the weekend, yet nobody is bringing up the latter two.
“The Presidential Inauguration is a time for the United States to look our best to the world. It was important to us to uphold and celebrate the tradition of creating iconic American style for this moment.” On the flip side, several designers stated early on that they would refuse to dress Melania if they should be asked. However, it’s noted that the First Lady did not seek them out as the designers’ statements were hypothetical.
“Designers such as Sophie Theallet, Tom Ford, and Marc Jacobs have all stated publicly that they would decline dressing Melania Trump should they be asked.” In contrast to those designers who would refuse if asked to dress Trump, others have stated they would love to work with the “beautiful” First Lady. Carolina Herrera, Thom Browne, and Tommy Hilfiger all stated it would be an “honor” to dress her, with Hilfiger saying any designer would be proud to work with her.
“I think Melania is a very beautiful woman, and I think any designer should be proud to dress her.”
go to Google and type Ralph Lauren style for women, and hit images... you will see a variety of his designs... very nice... i think a lot of women assume he only does Americana, "cruise-ware." he designs some beautiful, sensual but in good taste, women's wear...
Just study the lower half of this photo for a long moment. !!!!!!!!
The First Lady’s Inaugural outfits will be displayed in the Smithsonian Museum, just like other First Ladys.
That’s quite a coup for Ralph Lauren, an American success story himself.
Any designer who refused to dress her is a fool.
http://nypost.com/2017/01/22/ralph-lauren-stock-soars-after-melania-wears-dress-to-inauguration/
Wonder who is lying.............
“The people making the noise didn’t buy his stuff anyway. “
Exactly. They’re mostly a MuMu and Birkenstocks crowd anyway.
“She” has to make space for “her” junk! ;-P
Meanwhile in Washington D.C. half of million of women who have been raped by Trump took to the streets in a protest. That’s just the beginning! /sarc off
I would kill to wear that powder blue ensemble! Melania was simply a gorgeous embodiment of class, taste, and style.
Just thankful Moochelle DIDN’T wear a firm-fitted outfit !
Won’t miss her lack of taste one bit ...
Note to Ralph Lauren:
I never could afford your nice clothing when I had to wear dresses, etc. for work. NOW, I am retired & on a horse ranch. Jeans & sweatshirts are the daily fare.
However, I also sewed many of my clothes from age 13 on. I appreciate what you produce & Melania looked STUNNING in your powder blue dress.
Makes me wish I had a reason & a budget to be able to buy your designs.
The ‘women’ clamboring about your dressing Mrs Trump are not your customers & HAVE NEVER BEEN your customers NOR WILL THEY EVER BE YOUR CUSTOMERS. You will outlive all of them with their petty lives & their petty noises. Like a room full of crying cats, they mean nothing. They also act like a house full of sea gulls-—& we all know the description of a sea gull. EAT—SCREE—and crap wherever they wish. They do NOT represent those of us females who like what you produce & who voted for Pres. Trump.
I hope to see more of your clothes on Mrs Trump, who also has what I would consider a body that ANY designer would love to have wearing their items.
Nurse Ratchet.
they label the brand as “supporting oppression,”
Yet they found no fault in Shillary accepting blood money from the Saudi’s etc in oppression of women. Just shows how political the boycott is.
Moochie’s dress looked like it was made from couch upholstery material! Hideous! And the A-Line skirt is way too long, making her look very wide and dumpy. More so than usual.
Why does she have no taste? All that money and no taste at all.
I noticed that too, before it crashed last week.
I'm not much of a clothes horse myself, however all my polo's are Ralph Lauren, all my work dress shirts are Ralph Lauren and two of my suits are (wish I could afford more of those!)
I'm due for a wardrobe refresh now that the divorce is looking to be final and the new significant other (read that: sexy as hell new girlfriend) really wants to see me in something other than polo's and jeans as my base casual wear. A trip to the Trunk Club is overdue, glad they carry Ralph Lauren here in the Chicago area. Some booze and my young "wardrobe consultant" who's good at plying my money away from me after getting me sufficiently liquored up and getting me to try on some new clothes is definitely in order.
Helps that we're about a third of the way through winter and it's been pretty mild here in the Murder Capital of the United States of America. LOL!
I know what you mean about Lauren. I have often been in a department store, and my eye is immediately drawn by the quality of Lauren, discernible even at ten feet in every detail-— color, texture and form, even before I see the name anywhere near the clothing.
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Toots, you have nothing to worry about, even rapists have standards.
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