OK, people.
As somebody old enough to remember when even the cowtown newspapers had a society section, I actually ENJOY it when the ladies bring out the gossipy pictures about WHO WORE WHAT and HOW GOOD DID IT LOOK.
Heck – I even pick up People Magazine, when I’m in the doctor’s office! Believe it or not.
SO – while I know that our beautiful FLOTUS always gets raves for her fashion – and THIS thread is going to let us all post as many amazing pictures of her as we can – I want to put in a good word for POTUS.
As I happen to be on old guy who looks suspiciously furry and dresses like a rural handyman most of the time, I do like to dress up on occasion. Sometimes I look a bit “scholarly” (basically an educated bum), and sometimes I even look a bit effete (educated bum with money – HA! – fooled ya!).
Well, I do know how to dress, but I also know my betters, when it comes to fashion. And for all the haters and losers out there who want to say “Orange Man bad”, and laugh, and make fun, and PRETEND that what they say is true, I just have this to say:
You will score no points with this watcher of fashions, you haters and losers, because “Bad Orange Man” on a bad day looks even classier than you on your BEST DAY. And if you say otherwise, you are simply lying to yourselves.
Now – I am not going to be partisan about fashion. I am NEVER partisan about fashion. I take a lot of heat for speaking MY truth about Michelle Obama being attractive. That’s just me being honest about what I think. I find a lot of darker-skinned women very attractive – that’s a personal thing. I thought Michelle Obama was – fashion-wise – a GREAT FLOTUS. There are other places I may disagree with her, but we’re not talking about that stuff now.
I think that most of the time, Michelle Obama made good choices for her personality and personal style. She’s a Democrat. Fashion is just different for Democrats, and I respect that. They value different things in fashion, but they still look good if you let them. Yes, I can get all tom-catty about her wearing some super-odd stuff that looks like it was designed by living pincushions who wear all black all the time, but NO Democrat can pass up wearing weirdness from young designers. It’s just in their Democrat blood.
I refuse to show the images. You have to click yourself. But you will also see that SOMETIMES the slightly odd stuff REALLY looked good on her. I kid you not.
So setting aside her extreme charity wears, she LOOKED GOOD and AT EASE and HERSELF and THAT is important. She didn’t always look super-attractive (very few do), and she didn’t always look her best, but she did a very good job most of the time, and an excellent job some of the time. History will remember her well in her role as FLOTUS. Probably one of the best.
And in any kind of honest fashion history, Melania Trump will be right up there with her.
We expect more from Melania, because fashion was her JOB for so long. The thing is, she does NOT slouch on her new job as FLOTUS, and she leverages her old one to the MAX. Many former models would NOT be coming through like our FLOTUS does. She knows that she needs to help bring back respect to the White House after one of the most divisive elections in history – despite extreme maltreatment by the fake news – even more so by the fashion press – and most of all by the White House press corps. Even in a time of some danger, Melania Trump serves as an ambassador to the world, and is LOVED by women and children all over the world.
She’s doing an EXCELLENT JOB as FLOTUS – and she looks like 1,000,000,000,000. OK, maybe TWO trillion.
NOW – I want to talk about POTUS.
Yeah – that guy who took so many winnamins, his young supermodel wife can’t keep up with him. THIS GUY!
President Trump wears just the right clothes for his personality. Many Presidents make bad choices, but POTUS45 does not. I watch. There is a certain zen value to flawless fashion conservatism – a kind of stealthy conservatism within conservatism – and POTUS has GOT IT.
He does a FANTASTIC job with his hair. I know what it’s like to fight that battle, and PDJT does MORE with what he’s got than almost anybody I know. The man is FEARLESS about the downside in everything, and that includes gettin’ old. I’m VERY impressed.
His suits and ties are awesome. He simply does not make mistakes, and I knocked three times on wood for him on that. Keep it up, Buster!
POTUS knows how to dress down in a good style – which for him is a kind of combination of GOLF and LAW ENFORCEMENT. Very smart. And in that particular fashion look, he chooses the right sub-genres that get respect from his supporters and avoid leaving an opening for his critics.
But my favorite POTUS style is what you see in the picture here.
COATS and GLOVES. He looks GREAT but very natural, and he just makes me want to GO OUT ON THE TOWN. The guy makes Manhattan great again, just by puttin’ on an overcoat.
Many people don’t look like they’re just plain AT EASE when they’re dressed nicely, but President Donald J. Trump and his wife and First Lady, Melania Trump, really do. And yet – most importantly – he’s a Man of the People, and she’s a Lady of the People. Both of them show fashion in a big way, but not an elitist way.
I really wish that the fashion world would get this – that our POTUS and FLOTUS serve as fashion representatives FAR beyond politics.
Because the best way not to be a loser in the fashion world, is simple. Don’t be a hater.
SO – it’s time to show our POTUS and FLOTUS some FASHION LOVE!
Let’s post our favorite pictures of POTUS and FLOTUS in this thread. Get that fashion out there! 😉
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Wolfie, you crack me up. I am sending a big Wolf Whistle your way for your personal sartorial style 😘😘
OH MY! 😉
TY W
makes for a better day when you start off with a smile
Wolfie, lol.
Alison, I second that regarding Wolfie.
When it comes to FL Melania’s fashion choices…it is really hard to pick ‘favorites’.
But I absolutely Loved her choices for Inauguration Day.
Her monochromatic Blue Outfit was just stunning:
http://epmgaa.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2017/01/20/Trumps.jpg
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I think she knew that she would be photographed and filmed, from every possible angle…while doing all sorts of things.
So she chose an outfit that was tailored, not fussy…and durable for the day’s events.
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This is also my top choice. Clean, professional, unclutttered sheer style with practicality for the days rigors.
I said ‘choices’ above, because the dresses she chose for the evening’s Inaugural Ball crawl, were stunning too.
http://static2.blastingnews.com/media/photogallery/2017/1/21/290×290/b_290x290/the-president-and-first-lady-thesun-co-uk_1098985.jpg
Just lovely. I think you were the one, Wheatie, that pointed out her dress looks like a parchment scroll (think Declaration of Independence) with the little red ribbon around it and that turned edge. I didn’t get that until it was pointed out and now every time I see that photo I just about gasp it looks so…perfect.
Yep, her ‘parchment scroll’ dress.
It’s in the Smithsonian now.
I think it was her message that they revered the Constitution…and would be working to restore it.
Yes. And they have given everything they have to try to do that.
These are some good pics of it:
http://listabuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/melania-trump-inaugural-fashion-1.jpg
THAT is my favorite thing about Melania’s fashion. The subtle messages she puts across with what she wears, It denotes a complex and very creative mind.
She is a worthy match for a Very Stable Genius.
Oh, yes, you expressed it perfectly! It is what I felt but hadn’t been able to articulate. I can’t think of anyone I know who has used clothing to communicate other than basic messages about one’s identity (I’m brainy, I’m geeky, I’m slutty, or whatever).
Melania uses clothing to send complex messages, subtle messages. And I absolutely agree it expresses her intelligence and creativity. Definitely a worthy match!
She looked good, but TBH, the stunner of the lot was Ivanka’s. My jaw dropped.
This is one of my favorite Trump-videos.
It starts out with the naysayers, trash-talking him…then gets good, with Inauguration Day.
You can jump to the good part, starting at about the 3:37 mark.
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That part gives me goosebumps. every. time.
And I love the footage of FL Melania watching her husband take the Oath of Office.
Oh, and there is also footage of FL Melania in her blue outfit, in the last part.
Which is what made me think of this video.
Another highlight…Eric Trump yelling out “Yeeaah!” after his dad is sworn in.
I loved that.
It’s funny.
As I was watching all those people saying with such assurance that Donald Trump would not be President of the United States…..
And while I was watching, remembering all the CRAP that Deep State Soviet American CREEPS pulled on me during the course of my life….
Recalling how they were ABUSING the United States forces that THEY had subverted…..
And so then, watching THEIR treasonous assets giving us THEIR bullshit opinions….
And then watching THEM suddenly have to deal with PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP….
Yeah. I did let out a quiet cheer.
Obama is WRONG. Whatever he’s going around telling people, trying to scare them back into compliance with the globalist agenda, he is wrong, and those who listen to him, will go down with him.
Soviet ideological subversion created the crimes it blamed us for. Those who did it deserve double the punishment – for what they did and for what they made us do.
I’m done with them hiding these facts. I’m done with this sneaky evil. It needs to be rooted out. And the first step is that the WORLD has to see what was done.
Here, here, Wolf.
And I agree…double the punishment.
It is really hard to pick a fave, but I’m with you. Her Inauguration Day suit was flawless, magnificent, awe inspiring. I’m struck by it every time I see it. Love the pic of her carrying the Tiffany box with the PICTURE FRAME inside.
The footage of her doing that, is in the video I posted.
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My absolute favorite was the saffron colored Viking princess gown she wore to a state dinner in England, but this was stunning. And if I remember correctly, it was Ralph Lauren.
You mean this one?
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Yes! This one was amazing.
YES!
I may…or may not…have been trying to find a replica of this outfit. Just sayin’.
Yeah that was great but she is gorgeous..she could wear a pillowcase and I would stare.
I know! I would love to just see her wear jeans and a t-shirt with converse shoes… I bet she’d still look amazing!
Yes! That outfit was quite spectacular! That takes extreme confidence to pull off, but BOOM – she did it!
Goes well with that Tiffany gift, too!
More on THAT here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/us/politics/tiffany-melania-trump-michelle-obama.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/us/politics/michelle-obama-melania-trump-inauguration-day-gift.html
I thought that a Tiffany gift was appropriately MAGA! 😉
If I remember correctly…the Gift was a picture frame.
Haaa.
Perfect gift for a narcissistic couple.
Levels of meaning, there, from our FLOTUS. Yes, great for the narcissistic duo to select their favorite photos of themselves grinning from ear to ear pleased as punch with their intelligence, savoir faire, and cunning. Perfect! Also a sly little “Easter Egg”–we know you tried to frame us.
“Also a sly little “Easter Egg”–we know you tried to frame us.”
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Oh wow!
I never even thought of that, Syl…that’s right!
Brilliant.
That First Lady, she is laser sharp. I remember all the yappers being scandalized by the bright pink “pussy bow” blouse she wore to the debate right after the Access Hollywood tapes.
Social media was on fire. Melania was all, “what–it’s just a blouse.” Ha, ha. At the time I didn’t know her like we do now and I thought it was all a lot of furor over nothing, that it was a random choice.
Boy, did I call it wrong!
Very sharp. They tried to frame Candidate Trump, and they were STILL trying to frame POTUS at the very moment that she gave them that frame. OMG. YES. That was it.
WOW.
“Here is your frame back.”
I think we would all be amazed if we knew how smart Melania is and what a fighter she is. She holds herself above and aloof, but every now and then she lets a glimpse be revealed and I think PDJT really found himself a help mate in the truest sense of the word when he found Melania. She is every inch his equal, I believe.
Here’s a picture of Melania and the blouse I posted about. Ha, this article didn’t wear too well!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sorry-melania-trumps-pussy-bow-blouse-doesnt-mean-anything
That cracked me up that night. Pussy bow. Never knew what that was called – and she can pull it off. On someone like me it adds to the impression of being a little girl wearing a life preserver under her clothes.
I had never heard them called that, either, so I was pretty dubious. But then I learned yes indeed they do call them that, and then it sort of fell into place. Especially as I watched how Melania used her wardrobe to communicate. And she can troll with the best of them.
The most famous Tiffany store in America is downstairs from the residence in Trump Tower. Exquisite store.
Yes!
And dressing in ‘monochrome’ is not as easy as it might seem.
Not these days.
It takes searching out the components of the outfit…in different places, wherever you can find them.
In the past, when monochrome dressing was encouraged as a fashion ‘look’, stores would group things together…like shoes, gloves, boots, dresses, skirts, slacks, hats, etc…by their colors.
Some stores, that is. Not all.
But these days you have to search for them.
Monochrome outfits can look extremely good, but yeah – just trying to find basics that match can be rough. Even getting a good inexact match in “sloppy guy roughly matching jacket and pants” is not easy. My wife and I disagree frequently about what is an acceptable match, with me being a lot less picky. Naturally! 😀
One of the hardest tests a man will face in life.
Wife: “Should I wear this blouse, or this blouse?”
It is hard. And when you have different textured fabrics, like a leather coat, wool sweater, fabric whatever you get differences in how the fabric picks up the dye so you can get some unhappy results if you aren’t careful. And then there’s the balance between too matchy match or yikes those shades of red really clash!!!
But, as with everything else, she does it beautifully and makes it look easy.
About the only color anybody does monochrome well anymore is black.
I do remember taking a dress from store to store for matching shoes. Then the industry started pushing neutrals.
Tonight, just for once, with gritted teeth and clenched jaw I will take the higher ground. For you, Wolfie, I will refrain from commenting on the appearance, taste, fashion choices, and character of the former first woman. It is difficult as my opinions are strong, but you expressed admiration and I will respect that. Gulp.
Moving on. I totally agree with you about PDJT. There’s not much to say about a guy in a suit. There’s not a lot of variety. But that man looks Manhattan elegant in his overcoat and gloves. He totally carries it off and makes it look fantastic. Perhaps it is his height that makes the overcoat look so good, I’m not sure. Point is, he always looks like he is wearing the overcoat, not the overcoat wearing him which is how men typically look in them. And the gloves! Wow, he just really makes that look work well for him.
You are totally forgiven about having difficulties. I just saw your comment about THE FRAME – and wow. Yeah. The Former FLOTUS had to know. She’s as close as Jarrett on a lot of things. Jarrett even lives there NOW. Michelle had to know.
And great comments – love the way you put it – HE is wearing the coat!
Some men look good in a suit. Some never will.
I was told once I look good in one; whether that’s still true or not, I have no data. I’ve not worn one in double-digit years.
There MUST be a good fit, and the person making that judgment must have a good eye for it.
I agree – some people are extremely hard to dress well, and others are living mannequins who look great in common sizes!
For years I simply lucked out, but as my body shape changed I got the luck of the draw on help. There was a period wandering in fashion wilderness. But then I got lucky again. Twice I found retail people who really knew what they were doing, and who sized up my tastes and body instantly and didn’t try to change them, but rather enhance them. It was a joyful moment, and they sold me most of my current wardrobe!
People whose wallets don’t allow them to chase the latest fashions can still look good at all times by picking timeless styles that complement their features and persona. They look effortless and uncaring, but in fact are just planning ahead and sticking with the plan, so to speak. 😀
I was astounding lucky one time and found a suit jacket that fit perfectly right off the rack, at an inexpensive place. Never happened before or since; they were always “all over me like a cheap suit.”
Thank you, Sylvia.
I too, did the same… :::Gulp::: upon reading our host’s accolade of the former first ‘lady’.
All I will say is that I tend to believe Joan Rivers.
🙂 🙂 🙂
I saw a video, that IF IT WAS REAL – Joan was right.
I don’t know if it was real, as there is so much disinformation now, but just as a woman can certainly tell certain things, the film I saw featured “swinging parts”, and every guy knows the EXACT nature of said swing. I *CRINGED* when I saw it. I was – OMG – it could only be one thing. YIKES!!!
The static photos were not convincing. The swinging part WAS.
Oh, Wolfie…there have been *several* bits of footage, of those swinging parts.
Too many and in too many different settings, to ignore.
“Swinging parts”….”it could only be one thing” omg hahahaha. Very funny post Wolf.
I did see a couple of those videos and watched with both horror and fascination. And then I watched again just to be sure you know. Like our former host says…”Don’t look away”. 🙂
Just the mere memory of it makes me yearn for eye bleach…of the memory banks.
Red fuming nitric acid will remove a lot of things that bleach cannot. As will aqua regia and hydrofluoric acid. Beware of collateral damage, however!
Were dancing and white pants involved? Because, gulp, that was a dude!
I agree, Wolfie…that our President always looks g r e a t in his various suits and other outfits.
Even when he’s dressing ‘casual’, he looks great.
He looks great when he’s travelling and representing us around the world, too:
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But one of my favorites, is when he wears one of his overcoats:
Great pictures! I’ve been in that intersection, I’m pretty sure.
Love Melania’s RWB outfit – that’s a great one!
I loved that Limoges dress, and the “firecracker” dress.
I hoped someone would post the Limoges dress. I absolutely love it, and Melania in it. The dress stimulates so many childhood memories for me, starting with the beautiful blooms of forsythia, lilacs and daffodils in our backyard. Followed by the feminine, soft cotton dresses with flow-y skirts Mom would make for my sister and me each Easter.
Simpler times and far more innocent lives because ‘our world’ wasn’t global in scope.
Melania exudes that innocence in her gorgeous dress.
Alison, thank you for evoking that innocent time. I long to be back there again.
On the Chinese trip, if Melania had not been there, Mrs. Xi would have shone on her own. She has a great sense of style herself.
Wolfie, thanks for this. We get so cheated because the magazines never carry features on Melania and to have them pull that when we get a FLOTUS whose fashion choices make my heart beat a little faster is just so cruel to the women of America.
I’m enjoying looking at the photos!
No problem! I agree – cheated is a good word for it! I hope that some of our members who aren’t big fashion buffs might still use their web magic to find some interesting pictures. I found this one by just putting in Melania Trump and the name of a country (Czech Republic). I think some of the more obscure stuff will come up that way.
Here are some nice smiles and clothes! I like her black sleeveless dress, and his suit looks great!
In a sense, all you need to know about everything going on in America today, is the fact that Michael was on the cover of a magazine or magazines nonstop for eight years (and still is), but Melania is totally ignored.
True on so many levels. We were force fed Michael. You will love him/her/it or else! You will lie and say her rumpled shorts or granny sweaters or black widow spider dresses are beautiful or else. You will! We will make you!
The thing is, I’m stubborn. When you tell me I have to eat my peas or I can’t leave the dinner table I’ll sit at that table for a week and won’t touch the peas.
I really hate being pushed. Or, pardon me, “nudged” was Cass Sunstein’s clever way of putting it.
HA! Love it! Yeah, Mr. SamPo!
THIS! Communism is like that.
Also, Wolfie, I love how you described PDJTs casual attire as a cross between golf wear and law enforcement. It is!!! I’ve noticed that and it always makes me smile. And it looks right, too. It is a nice touch and well done.
Thanks! POTUS and his peeps have made some really good choices that way (sometimes it’s clear that they’re having to arrange for him to wear certain jackets and hats because of insignias and the like – PDJT “has” to wear certain things).
I think he needs to be careful with thinner all-white stuff (usually when it leans toward golf-wear), but that’s pretty much the rule for everybody. White looks easy – it’s not! I have some great white items and they just HANG – my wife gets on me and bugs me to wear them or get rid of them, and I say “not today”, but that happens almost every time. LOL! I need to work up the courage more often!
More overcoat pictures.
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/secondary/Barron-Trump-Donald-Trump-803188.jpg
http://elleuk.cdnds.net/18/06/768×1152/gallery-1517920547-donald-and-melania-trump.jpg
Oh, those are AMAZING! WOW!
The top and bottom pictures show how much of a clothes-horse our dear FLOTUS is. In the top picture she looks positively sleek and military trim. I the bottom picture, dare I say “udderly top-heavy”! LOL! It looks amazing, but who can pull those two extremes off? NOT MANY.
Barron looked great in his overcoat that day, too…didn’t he.
And yeah, if you notice, Flotus tends to pick clothing that downplays the dimensions of her upper body.
Because when she doesn’t…it’s like…whoa, stop the train.
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Yes, I’ve noticed Baron carries off the overcoat look well also. Compare them to Xi in his gray coat standing next to PDJT. Pfft. No good.
So, if we can talk freely–WHAT IS UP with Melania’s bosom? Sometimes she looks GINORMOUS and other times not at all. It is a really massive (I can’t help it every word that comes to mind is…well….) difference. It can’t all be down to the tailoring!
I think it’s probably the difference between wearing a ‘sports bra’ type of bra…and something more uplifting.
Those stretchy sports-bra’s tend to smush down and minimize.
They’re rather binding…by design.
The more structured bra’s tend to accentuate.
I am always shocked by the difference and how she is able to manage her figure when the design of her dress calls for it. It is amazing.
I guarantee you the bra she’s wearing in that probably costs more than some people’s food budget for a week. The construction to get that lift is not cheap.
In that outfit, stretchy knit, the bust is going to stand out, especially with a pencil skirt. When you are topheavy (GUILTY AS CHARGED here), evening it out requires flair in the skirt. And if you don’t want to look like you have a ski slope on your chest, a turtleneck, or scarf or some sort of accessory to create a fake cleavage is necessary. Trust me, my wardrobe is full of this stuff.
I know, I loved that sort of martial look on that suit!
This is one of my faves…and it was one of the rare times that FL Melania carried a clutch purse:
We didn’t get to see much of this dress…and the back of it was intriguing:
Wow! Yeah, that seems a bit impractical. Good if she was posing for a coin, though. She would make an AMAZING Lady Liberty, you know!
Yeah…that pink gown is a little more ‘fussy’ than she usually wears.
It’s gorgeous, though.
Not sure what event that was when she wore that…the Mnuchin wedding reception, maybe.
I think you’re right. It is gorgeous! I love how it moves.
Found a front-view of that dress:
http://media.breitbart.com/media/2017/06/GettyImages-800626486.jpg
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And it was the Mnuchin wedding, that she wore it to.
So lovely. And very different, too.
This was one of my favorites! Absolutely stunning and classy ….. and yet so at ease in her skin! Simply lovely.
This is one of my favorite dresses. Unfortunately, the fallout of her speech overcame her stunning appearance and presentation. You know those evil people were feverishly hunting for something they could use to neutralize her because she did such a great job that everyone was blown away.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3696806/Melania-Trump-wears-stunning-2-190-Roksanda-Ilincic-dress-speech-Republican-National-Convention-dress-sells-just-minutes.html
Yes, that was a great dress, wasn’t it.
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And PDJT got them back real good, about her speech…later at that NYC Al Smith dinner.
Heheh.
This was the only time I’ve seen PDJT wear a ‘white tie’ with his tuxedo.
And I love that look!
Hope he does it again, at a tuxedo-event.
The Al Smith dinner is a white tie event. That’s the uniform of the day.
And for some reason, it’s now known as the Red Dinner.
(I know the reason it was red, and it wasn’t Melania!)
Potus looks at ease here in his overcoat…VPotus, not so much.
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Not knocking Pence here, not at all…just sayin, the overcoat looks like it’s wearing him, instead of the other way around.
It’s too big. Doesn’t look right. Xi Xing Peng’s didn’t look right, either, in that pic of him with PDJT in China but I didn’t study it to see if I could figure out what was wrong. Maybe it was too short.
I don’t think overcoats are an easy look to pull off for men. I think they usually look ridiculous. But gosh, not PDJT. He was made to stride around in one.
And Barron looks at ease in one, too…same with wearing suits.
Heheh.
That young man is going to be a chip off the old block.
He sure is! Imagine having those two for parents! Wow! He’s going to be quite a guy, I’m sure.
And no telling how tall Barron is going to be.
Look at Eric…and Ivanna is not as tall as Melania.
Yes.
Now that I look at Pence’s coat, notice that it is double breasted. There’s a lot more material there. Buttoned up, it undoubtedly is different. POTUS never wears that style. That’s part of the difference. Plus, POTUS is taller. That’s going to make Pence look small.
Good grief. That coat looks absurd on him. Way too long and wide. Needs a Petite. 🙂
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/style-files/g37540/melania-trump-style-evolution/?slide=11
And the whole slideshow. Several early looks…
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/style-files/g37540/melania-trump-style-evolution/
That was fabulous! Thanks for posting, I enjoyed looking through that so much!
I thought it fabulous too. YW
Here are my Melania fashion sources:
https://www.instagram(dot)com/elegant_melania/
https://www.instagram(dot)com/melaniatrump.style/
The reporter chosen for FLOTUS Melania’s first interview often has the dope on the outfits.
https://twitter(dot)com/KateBennett_DC
Our First Lady has a wry sense of humor and understanding of design, color, metaphor and symbolism when she chooses or designs an outfit. From her ‘pussy bow’ pants outfit to confront the Clintons, to the Inaugural Day blue suit dress, to the Inaugural gown**, to the trip to France, wearing a dress with the wheat sheaf from the French national Seal to dinner, to the French Limoges floral dress with a Cordon Bleu sash for the Bastille Day parade.
**I still believe the Inaugural Gown symbolized the US Constitution, the ‘Constitution hanging by a thread’ in the Mormon White Horse prophecy (Showing she didn’t miss all that Glenn Beck noise and palaver.), and Candidate/President Trump’s Contract with the American Voter as well.
Our First Lady ‘rocks’ fashion with the ease of one who modeled haute couture before she could afford it and now has afforded it for decades.
Our President wears CEO executive authority and executive clothes comfortably like an old shoe – having been an executive for over 50 years. He is a CEO who cares about his workers, all his customers/citizens, the quality of his product/buildings/programs and the future of our country.
Wolfie – SO SORRY – I tried to disable the many hyperlinks in the above comment – but it didn’t work!
No problem! I was just offline for a bit. I don’t mind things going into moderation – I just can’t always get to them fast!!! 😀
Wolfie, I hate to disagree with you on any particular topic, but….
Michelle Obama didn’t know how to dress her shape. I live close enough to the line in this very polarized city where the brothers and sisters can be found, and she just didn’t know how to do it. No one ever taught her Plus, I always got the impression she let the designers do the talking, and do whatever they wanted. Melania obviously does not do that. The choices are very much hers.
As for our VSG, I’m going to disagree with you there as well. I don’t think he gives a whit about fashion per se. He dresses like my dad, and any number of other men I know who came of age in the late 50s and 60s. There is no break in the style of the suits – and right now two buttons on a suit jacket I don’t know is vogue. (A relative complained once that Trump never could find one that buttoned.) Pressed white shirts all the time with a rotation of about 6-7 ties. I noticed that pretty early on. It’s simple, classic, and he’s obviously used to dressing that way. Same with his casual wardrobe. The fabrics and craftsmanship might be more expensive than the average person can afford, and the suits are obviously expertly tailored, but he still wears simple khakis with a white shirt when not dressing like a banker.
To me, someone who has spent a lot of time on stage in choruses, choirs, and as a church soloist, as well as in recitals, (oh, and 12 years of Catholic school) that screams Trump considers clothing to be a uniform. Clothing for him just is. Put it on and forget it for the rest of the day, just like concert black for an orchestra member or choir person. Seriously. When going on stage for solo work, or even at a wedding or funeral in a suit or simple dress, we were trained to wear the outfit, or gown multiple times before the performance so as to not be self conscious about wearing it. I think that concept is in play here.
As for his overcoat, yep, straight out of the JFK era. My dad has one of those too, although it’s herringbone.
I suspect some of President Trump’s new suits are ballistic cloth and the ill fit may be due to his kevlar undergarment/s!
Fashion is like everything else. Even if you don’t make a choice – you make a choice. 😀
Seriously – many do not FOLLOW it, but they care about their appearance – they know what they like – they often like stuff that’s no longer in vogue or even available – but to me it’s still fashion, just like people who don’t use language “right” are still trending the language, and taking charge of its direction. Or the people who refuse to adopt the “trendy” language affect its fashion, and help define the “retro”, so they help maintain the “fashion” of language.
No escape! 😉 LOL!
More recent photos, from 11/20/18:
And a few more:
Melania’s height allows her to get away with stuff like this. Being a foot shorter, this would not work on a bod like mine.
I’m a clothes horse, best-dressed in high school with 1100 in graduating class. Mom was a model and I still dress to the Rule of 14. Proper selection for body type is not easy and monochrome is the most difficult. Although I always thought it was my personal weakness/guilty pleasure but I’ve been surprised how much ‘dressing well’ has helped my career.
To have Melania as FLOTUS is a treat, every day.
Remember the pics from Egypt? Good Gawd, she is spectacular.
She also brought back the elegance from the 50’s, with ‘dyed to match’ gloves/shoes which our mothers wore. FLOTUS did ‘dyed to match’ for the Inauguration and for the gloves at the Christmas tree lighting this week.
Here are the pics from Christmas tree lighting.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2018/11/29/fashion-notes-melania-trump-ready-for-white-christmas-in-max-mara-coat-leather-gloves/?fbclid=IwAR3MwQ0LuVLkMpWpdnY_xc1EvafLQIu_DpCy7r50dTpx0O1ipmhDdvyOepU
And then, we have Ivanka, Lara, Tiffany, and Kimberly Guilfoyle – who actually was a Victoria Secret model. No wonder the Communist Left is jealous.
And then there’s President Trump.
I mean, wow. Look at him…..
He’s The Boss.
Confidence drips from his fingers as he crosses the tarmac.
Yeah, that’s the guy I want as our President.
Here’s the real ‘tell’.
Look at the pics from behind.
LOOK at our FLOTUS compared to Brigitte Macron of France.
It’s not fair to Brigitte for her to even stand next to Melania.
Am I right, guys?
I’m pleading the Fifth! 😉
And the curved hem of the jacket just enhances the whole thing. 😄 I hate to say it but Brigitte look like an unmade bed in comparison.
As would I.
Daughn – replying to an old post of yours. Are you on Gab chat yet? Kinda important.
Perfect for her arrival in Gaucho land – the First Lady wears Ralph Lauren leather coat, a creamy white skirt and cowhide patterned shoes!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqzmLK6AVuY/
If I looked as good as Melania, I would wear a bikini, everyday, to Walmart.
LOL!!!
Favorite is this Magnificent Fuchsia Gown in Saudi. Lovelovelove this thread Wolf!!!!
All 3 of those look amazing!!!
Glad you love it! I’m loving all the GREAT responses! 😀
Upon reading your thoughts, Wolf, the visit to the Queen of England immediately came to mind. YouTube tried to hide it, but I managed to pull up The White House channel and get the link.(@ 0:22).
The President and First Lady tonight!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq0re4zhcCC/
Gorgeous floral dress earlier today:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqz9CSABqLi/
Even dressing for an understatement, there is no mistaking that bearing. Wow.
I hate to say it, but the first lady of Argentina’s dress looks a lot like my great-grandmother’s wedding dress. Would like to see it in person. All the lace can get lost in the translation
It was sweet of our First Lady to dress down so as not to upstage the hostess.
Yes, it was.
I noticed that also…
Argentina’s First Lady is lovely, and the dress is gorgeous.
Melania of course has such presence she would look great in a potato sack…
Check out this picture of Argentine First Lady with the Queen of Spain. Very European!
FL Melania wore a similar shade of pink, with her hair swept up…when they met the Queen:
This pink leather suit-dress was is one of my faves…she wore it on their 1st trip to Europe, I believe.
I like the pith helmet and other safari gear FLOTUS wore in Africa.
Who wore it better ?
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