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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSophie Theallet, who has designed fashions for Michelle Obama, refuses to dress Melania
She has a lot more integrity than many, inside or outside of government.
Here is her open letter:
https://twitter.com/sophietheallet/status/799378444249399300/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
(FLOTUS wearing one of Sophie Theallet's creations)
MFM008
(19,823 posts)Will grow.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I also absolutely love that dress. It's so graceful and feminine, just like the FLOTUS. Melania would only cheapen her brand.
I hope more follow.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Did I even spell her name right?
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Like all dictators, this one likes to keep things in the family.
Maeve
(42,295 posts)How much she actually designs is in question
LisaM
(27,843 posts)She's embroiled in a number of infringement actions for stealing other peoples' designs. Here's an example:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-sued-copycat-shoe-designs_us_576ac4b5e4b09926ce5d54c2
JI7
(89,278 posts)TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)I wonder if this is just for publicity... There's no indication that MT has asked this designer to dress her.
LisaM
(27,843 posts)Let's hope.
Ellen Forradalom
(16,160 posts)Speech matters. Good for her.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I love it!
bdamomma
(63,930 posts)msongs
(67,459 posts)Hekate
(90,848 posts)It got posted here this year, and has to be seen to be believed.
There's The Donald, with all of his shiny new toys:
he's posed in some kind of expensive car, there's a shiny airplane, can't remember if there was a shiny boat in the picture. And Melania, about 7-8 months pregnant with Barron, dressed only in a (shiny) gold bikini bottom and super-high-heels, posed on the steps of the plane.
And Donald, with a smug "I OWN ALL THIS" look on his face.
Caveat: Women who are proud of their pregnant bodies and choose to be photographed nude are fine with me. Seeing a woman being treated like one more shiny thing , a possession to be trotted out and treated like property -- that made me nauseous.
Ilsa
(61,700 posts)This wasn't a private collection pic. This was a braggart's photo. I don't know how she can bear the humi,iation he puts her through.
2naSalit
(86,824 posts)has no self esteem included... it's easy. She was for sale and he bought it.
cstanleytech
(26,332 posts)love, approval or $$$.
3catwoman3
(24,056 posts)...pointing the pistol while standing on the airplane wing is something else again - complete trash.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)I love her taking a stand and letting there be no doubt.
Ilsa
(61,700 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)i find myself hoping she has a bodyguard.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)So rare and so important.
still_one
(92,435 posts)Ilsa
(61,700 posts)Skin-tight dress for inauguration anyway. No class.
oasis
(49,426 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,644 posts)She's more vivacious, gracious, awe-inspiring, aware than anyone I've ever seen in the White House.