Jill Biden, the anti Melania Trump: a potential First Lady who "looks at the price on the labels"
Between Jill Biden, former Second Lady of the United States, and Melania Trump, current First Lady, one might think it is night and day. And yet! The two women have one thing in common: a pronounced taste for fashion. But two clearly different approaches!
4 more years for Donald Trump? The very divisive Republican president, elected to everyone's surprise in November 2016 against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, is playing for re-election on November 3, 2020. This time, facing him, former vice-president Joe Biden. If he entered the White House, the latter would be accompanied by his wife, Jill Biden. A former second lady (from 2009 to 2017) who shares a common passion for fashion with Melania Trump. But with two radically different approaches. One is attentive to the price when the other is a spendthrift.
At 69, Jill Biden has had a busy life. Married since 1977 to Joe Biden, she had a daughter with her husband: Ashley, born in 1981. She also raised Beau born in 1969 and died in 2015, as well as Hunter born in 1970, the sons of Joe Biden, orphans mother following an accident that claimed the life of the candidate's first wife, Neilia Hunter. Besides her life as a mother, Jill has long been an English teacher. But, before this career in teaching, it was in the fashion industry that she predestined herself when she was young. Indeed, she had studied at Brandywine Junior College, in the state of Pennsylvania. She was then enrolled in a course entitled "fashion merchandising", which should allow her to learn all aspects of the fashion business: marketing, product distribution, sales strategy, etc. But, disappointed with the course, she then changed direction.
Asked by WWD, Sissy Dent Aerenson, a friend of Jill Biden, described the latter's relationship with fashion since her husband had risen to prominence in politics. "She is not influenced by the creators [even if for example she was dressed by Brandon Maxwell, who notably collaborated with Lady Gaga for her outfits of the MET Gala, Editor's note]. She is more influenced in her choices by the occasions who show up to her and what she needs for her various events. She's always been the kind of buyer who looks at the price on the labels, "she said.
Conversely, the current First Lady Melania Trump has long displayed a pronounced taste for designers - many of whom have spoken out for or against dressing her - and does not care about the exorbitant price of clothes. The 50-year-old former Slovenian model, who started her fashion career in the 1980s, also likes to create a buzz with her clothing choices, whether it's a ready-to-wear jacket. wear the controversial message or a hat that does a task ... If Melania is not careful with the price of her clothes, it is because she is often dressed for free and, when she falls for shoes or a bag , it can largely be paid thanks to an unsuspected personal fortune.
