However, in her apparent refusal to adhere to a path first ladies have followed for decades, she may lessen the burden placed on future presidential spouses, allowing them respite from some of the duties feminists have long lamented. Reactions to the L.L. Bean tweet included Trump fans declaring their loyalty to the brand, while others reiterated their commitment to boycotting it, as they have for the other Trump-associated brands on the #GrabYourWallet boycott list. The man who can’t let a single SNL joke go without tweeting about how terrible the show is had kept quiet about the hubbub.
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Among speculations as to who will design Trump’s dress, Ralph Lauren has emerged as the front-runner. “He was never asked to dress [Melania]”, Trump told Ainsley Earhardt. Turns out he doesn’t mind that dozens of democratic officials are skipping his inauguration.
Neither Lauren or Lagerfeld have confirmed or denied these rumors, according to WWD, so we may all be left in suspense until Friday.
If anything, Melania seems more like Bess Truman, said Watson, another first lady who didn’t like Washington or politics. Lauren was one of a modest bunch of planners, Tommy Hilfiger and Diane von Furstenberg among them, who said they would dress the approaching First Lady while Marc Jacobs had beforehand offered a level “no”.
Then Earhardt asks him about the couturier controversy. Later on, Refinery29 was able to get a statement from Wynn Las Vegas confirming that Tom Ford Cosmetics and sunglasses have really been pulled out.
“Never asked Tom Ford”, Trump responded. Tom Ford chimed in, but eventually clarified at the Golden Globes, saying he wouldn’t want to dress any woman on the big day, including Hillary Clinton.
However, that doesn’t mean expectations aren’t high for an incoming first lady. “Never have been”, concluded the president-elect.
“Gore went in thinking he was meeting with Ivanka, not, as it turned out, Trump, too”, says Brower.
Karl Lagerfeld is also rumored to be designing inauguration outfits for Mrs. Trump.
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Ivanka Trump has dismissed the idea that she will fulfill the first lady’s role in the White House, stating that would be “inappropriate”.
