But what can Melania Trump's fashion tic mean?
The American First Lady seems to have a fashion obsession. Summer and winter alike, her coat appears just worn over the shoulders. And if it's not her coat, it's a dress that takes on the appearance of a theatrical cape. Decryption of a stylistic signature.
Some political figures have their stylistic fad. It's hard to imagine Queen Elizabeth II without a hat or her eternal purse. Ditto for Anna Wintour and her unfathomable sunglasses. And obviously Melania Trump also seems to have her little fashion twist: the coat placed on the shoulders.
“Beyond a tic, it's above all a pace. A bias that is in line with the tradition of the fashion gesture, ”explains Pascal Monfort, who heads the fashion marketing consulting firm Rec. Historically, what is also called an Italian style, is essential above all as a legacy of the dandy who, at the end of the 19th century, "wraps himself in his coat" like a cape. .
A chic detail that defines a look
But this madness is mostly borrowed from those who brought it up to date and imposed as a stylistic signature: fashion editors and models. “If today this way of wearing one's coat has become more democratic, it is because we spotted it at the exit of the parades. The models do it a lot, the time for a cigarette break between make-up and dressing or when they have to do a series of shows, ”explains Pascal Monfort. Just like the fashion editors who go from the front row to their cars to continue their Fashion Week marathon. "It met a need for speed and it has become a chic detail that defines a look", specifies the specialist. Would Melania Trump then wink at her former model past? "We can especially think that it is on the advice of her stylist or even the designers who dress her that she wears her coat in this way."
Beyond a simple question of fashion, this choice is not trivial and sends various messages: thus she affirms her side "woman in action", an impulse reinforced by the very working girl wardrobe that she adopted lately. A look in the right line of a Victoria Beckham who had to face the same dilemma as the American first lady: to go from a style (and a reputation) of bimbo to a status recognized by all. It is clear that for the ex-Spice Girl the recipe worked miracles. But if David Beckham could be an asset for his wife, Donald Trump seems to be much less for the First Lady. In front of a husband who multiplies the exits of road, it is better to have the solid shoulders ... Or assured by a coat which makes him gain in presence.
