Melania Trump: why her looks are controversial
The first lady has a series of fashion faux pas during her public appearances. Between political subtext and taste for the spectacle, decryption of a confusing cloakroom.
Manolo Blahnik stilettos to visit the victims of Hurricane Harvey, dark glasses to meet the heroes of the Las Vegas shooting, a man's costume to welcome the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, to Washington, a Balmain-signed shirt for gardening with children invited to the White House, a transparent dress showing off her underwear during an official speech by the President ... The expensive and confusing style of Melania Trump never ceases to arouse criticism . And some even go so far as to circulate the rumor that a lookalike would replace her during official outings. For this former fashion-mad model, this off-beat wardrobe cannot be completely the result of chance. Would she try to get a message across? Three-point answer.
It's his way of expressing himself. Be beautiful and stop talking ? Broken to this implicit law of the podiums, the former top reputed mute had not really shone during her first large public oral. Accused of having repeated verbatim a speech by Michelle Obama, Melania Trump now prefers to wrap herself in her silence and her outfits, each more spectacular than the next. "It's her own language, very contemporary, and which fits perfectly with our entertainment society," explains Florence Lautrédou, psychoanalyst and coach. Much like Kim Kardashian, whose body has become a form of speech in itself, she creates a buzz through her clothes. It keeps him from talking, it's clever. »The army uses the Morse code well, why shouldn't this tall mute (1.80 m) use the« mode »?
It serves the marital cause. Should we see in these fashion faux pas a way to destabilize Donald Trump, from which she would have moved away, according to the followers of the hashtag #freeMelania? We can also detect a conjugal mimicry, a way of affirming the storytelling and the radical positioning of his couple. Proof that between her and him the tea towel would burn less than you think. “They are close, they form a gang, assures Florence Lautrédou. First, the fact of showing that she is not a lovely vase can only flatter the ego of her husband and serve him in the media. Then, his provocative outfits echo the words and tweets, less chic but just as shocking, of the President. Witness: the Gucci "pussy bow" blouse worn by Melania after Trump's sexist slippage in a video released during the election campaign: "[I] grab them by the pussy" by the cat).
She's having fun like crazy. Torn from the comforting luxury of Trump Tower, reluctant to move to Washington, the First Lady might have found a fun way to cheat her boredom and compensate for her lack of interest in politics or humanitarianism. Because what could be more fun than to cover his tracks by offering journalists a thousand possible interpretations for his male costume in the White House or his very “Power Rangers” shirt in Texas? Distracting, but beware of the offbeat outfit too much, otherwise you will be less hype dressing than Barbie outfit. “In children, there is a stage, around 2 or 3 years old, where they have fun disguising themselves, creating characters because they don't yet know who they are,” adds Florence Lautrédou. It is a form of primitive language. A bit regressive, Melania?
