Melania Trump and the jacket of the controversy: “I don't care at all. And to you?"
In the midst of the controversy over the Trump immigration decrees, the First Lady visits a reception center in Texas for immigrant children separated from their parents with a parka ($ 39) that "plays" total indifference. Wardrobe incident or political statement?
Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham didn't hesitate to say, “It's just a jacket. There is no hidden message ". In fact, First Lady Melania Trump showed up in a shelter for migrant children separated from their families in Texas with a Zara parka ($ 39, 2016 collection) with a large graffiti-style writing on the back: "To me it doesn't matter at all. And to you?". Just in the hours when her husband, President Donald Trump, backtracks on "zero-tolerance" anti-immigration policies by signing a decree pledging to "keep families together" in detention centers, the jacket has sparked thousands of indignant reactions.
Just the day before, Melania visited another facility in McAllen that houses about 60 children aged five to seventeen from El Salvador and Honduras who entered the United States illegally and separated from their parents. "I am here to ask you how I can be of help to these children and reunite them with their families in the shortest possible time". The choice of the jacket, therefore, an unlikely slip of style by one of the women who, at the moment, is among the most observed trendsetters and style spokesmen in the world?
President Trump sided with his wife: "The writing on Melania's jacket is against fake news: it refers to the fact that she doesn't care how dishonest the media is," he tweets. In turn, his wife's spokesperson denies, who concludes: “If the media wants to waste time speculating on his wardrobe instead of explaining his visit to help the children, go ahead”, launching the hashtags #shecares and #itsjustajacket.
“Nothing the First lady does is left to chance. Especially if it's a giant writing on the back of your jacket, and you're going to have to get on a plane in front of millions of people. Such an oversight is strange, given her style so careful and sophisticated, “comments CNN. On the other hand, the New York Times recalls that this is not Melania's first style choice, to say the least, "off-site", visited at the end of August 2017 in Manolo Blahnik stilettos in an area of Texas devastated by the hurricane. Harvey. Who to believe?
