https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:35:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour/page/2#post-1778277 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 04:25:57 +0000 April 1778277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@DonnaF -- yes, my own theory is that her husband himself did not actually want the job he now finds himself with. &nbsp;I'm pretty sure Mrs. T's head is spinning and that she would LOVE to go back to her sexy, arm-candy fashion persona because that is what she signed on for. &nbsp;But he won the electoral college, if not the popular vote, so I guess they're both kind of stuck now. &nbsp;Careful what you act like you're wishing for, because people just might take you seriously.</p> <p>And I wouldn't worry too much about the stresses of keeping track of wardrobe spread across three homes. &nbsp;Capable staff are managing that, and guess who's footing the bill? &nbsp;(In fairness, I feel compelled to point out that that is the case with every POTUS and FLOTUS. It just varies considerably in lavishness, depending on the specific POTUS and FLOTUS.) &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour/page/2#post-1778238 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 02:01:16 +0000 elpgal 1778238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not a fan of the outfit but like Robin, I wonder about her great-fitting bras. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour/page/2#post-1778213 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 01:28:14 +0000 DonnaF 1778213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonder if MT owns an outfit *we* would think is more appropriate?&nbsp; Maybe in NY?&nbsp; I would go nuts if I had to split my time and wardrobe among three places on a regular basis.&nbsp; I have no doubt that I would inevitably discover that an important piece, whether shoes, topper, or earrings was in another location.</p> <p>MT seems to have no desire to take on the FLOTUS mantle.&nbsp; I wouldn't be surprised if her husband never consulted with her, maybe because he didn't really expect to become #45.&nbsp; The blue inauguration outfit was great.&nbsp; Perhaps if we see other *odd* choices it is MT's passive aggressive way of showing her resistance to a job she doesn't want. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour/page/2#post-1777961 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:53:15 +0000 April 1777961@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not prudish in any way, (and frankly, I'm not sure why this outfit is bothering me so much) but it is really getting to me that "Look how sexy I am" is the vibe being put forth here. &nbsp;I don't require her to dress like a nun, but she needs to seem at least a little bit powerful. &nbsp;</p> <p>Melania Trump said she was going to take on cyber-bullying as her issue. &nbsp;This sort of kittenish, seductive fashion persona does not project the image of someone who would know how to manage a bully. &nbsp;(Unless her plan is, what, to date him?) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour/page/2#post-1777955 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:24:09 +0000 JAileen 1777955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's possible she would look uncomfortable no matter what she wore. Maybe she feels uncomfortable being thrust into this role. The other thing that occurred to me is that perhaps her husband has suggested that he likes her to dress this way, with the plunging neckline, etc., so she dresses this way even though she may not like it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour/page/2#post-1777943 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:49:12 +0000 RobinF 1777943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It seems to me that she wears the same style all the time. It's always solid, single pieces, very fitted (she must have fabulous bras!) but really kind of boring to me. With her looks and figure she could wear anything she wants and look great, wish she would branch out a bit. As far as the white outfit, it seems like those shoes just don't work at all. Maybe they were a last minute change? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777940 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:34:08 +0000 Janet 1777940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>April, you just described the Real Housewives franchise signature look, with variations of course. And yes, you are right that this is not a style that says "woman to be reckoned with." Honestly, I would not expect that strong a style/identity from the wife of 45 anyway. She does not seem to wish to take on any sort of leadership role, and I would expect her fashion choices to reflect that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777939 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:32:58 +0000 Anonymous 1777939@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol, April. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777907 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:46:56 +0000 April 1777907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel like the combination of the clingy knit, the plunging neckline, the long hair with highlighting, the pale lipstick -- it's all kind of a trite image of how women should dress that makes me yawn. &nbsp;If you zoomed in and saw long nails with a french manicure, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. &nbsp;</p> <p>So, so uninteresting. &nbsp;This is not a look that says she's someone to be reckoned with. &nbsp;Something a guy -- and not a guy with a particularly keen fashion eye -- would choose. &nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777792 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 01:31:32 +0000 Janet 1777792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Carla Bruni looked more comfortable in her clothes and wore more tailored looks. I think MT is trying but doesn't look comfortable in this outfit. She's wearing a lot of flowy things and knits, and they don't always translate well to the kind of stateswoman-like appearance most people expect to see in a First Lady, at least when she's "on the job," so to speak. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777759 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:16:50 +0000 unfrumped 1777759@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, a lot like Carla Bruni! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777758 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:15:03 +0000 Jules 1777758@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interestingly this bugs me more than the red dress many here thought was too short. The top half's combo of low cut, white and knit just screams hoochie mama to me. Then the bottom half reads almost frumpy by comparison. Normally I agree with the rule of showing off either your top or bottom half but I don't think this is working. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777738 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:07:32 +0000 rachylou 1777738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like how Carla Bruno dressed, although maybe I found it a bit twee. I like my political women sturdy, lol. </p> <p>But really back to add: my notions are dated and half-derived from watching things like Shogun at a young and clueless age...*like* didn't they all dress in white to commit harikari? Ahahaha! Sometimes I make myself laugh, I'm so appalling :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777707 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:37:00 +0000 Carla 1777707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She reminds me a bit of Carla Bruni, who wore solid colours, and favoured kitten heels and flats. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777654 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:06:07 +0000 rachylou 1777654@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mochi, I think the thing about white is a Buddhist thing, really. I don't think anyone anywhere in modern Asia would be uncomfortable actually. </p> <p>I particularly think I have some dated notions about my ethnic heritage. When we went looking for a place for New Year's dinner, we couldn't find one doing food we recognized and liked. It's all 'new style.' </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777639 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:54:24 +0000 Ledonna N. 1777639@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought it was a jumpsuit from the 1st picture. I will chalk up the unease because of the new position she is in. I think I've seen her in so much white. I think I like her better in color. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777637 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:52:42 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1777637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the dress is lovely on her, but it seems not quite right for the occasion, for the reasons Janet mentions. If she were visiting the Japanese garden (in Florida) with friends, that could be a super cool outfit to wear. For a diplomatic visit, it seems less right. And I agree with Ryce that perhaps the staffs could have coordinated better. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777634 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:46:14 +0000 Angie 1777634@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like the idea of the outfit but somehow Melania is not at ease in it. Too revealing in the chest maybe. Self conscious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777612 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:58:15 +0000 madeline 1777612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gradfashionista,<br /> I think you hit on something here. The First Lady might want to look at how Amal Clooney puts herself together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777606 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:31:28 +0000 gradfashionista 1777606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with LaPedestrienne, and would add that a bit more shape and structure, with a contrasting waistband, would do wonders. I think MT's dress looks a bit dowdy, based on the skirt line; but is also a bit too revealing in the chest, somehow. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777603 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:19:26 +0000 LaPed 1777603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LisaP -- exactly right about how naturally intimidating M is, just thanks to body type and facial features. I think this is why brights (red, hot pink, etc) work so well for her. They are dramatic but not severe.</p> <p>I don't like the color or the length here. She doesn't look happy in either photo -- so maybe she too feels something is off.</p> <p>From the way she's holding her hands in front of her midriff, I have to wonder if it wouldn't be better belted. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777593 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:12:38 +0000 Echo 1777593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Janet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777583 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:49:37 +0000 Anonymous 1777583@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In all honesty? &nbsp;No. &nbsp;She doesn't look particularly at ease, nor does the outfit look like it was chosen with much care for the situation. &nbsp;Seems off or out of place somehow. &nbsp;She is physically intimidating (height, facial features and expressions, mostly ) and I think she could mitigate that with her clothing choices for occasions like this.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777570 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:11:42 +0000 Carla 1777570@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashion wise it is kind if 'meh' - the hem is too long. I did like her inauguration outfit, and the red dress (though too short) with flats worn a couple days back. I hope she does more flats, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777542 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:08:46 +0000 Mochi 1777542@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is a nice outfit; I am (irrelevantly) just freaking out that I was at the Morikami gardens in Delray Beach just two days before them. I'm honestly glad we didn't run into that circus. </p> <p>rachy, plenty of Japanese women would have no problem wearing all white (traditionally a funeral color in China, right?)&nbsp;</p> <p>On edit: flats are probably a wise choice; there is an extensive area which is boardwalk, and also unpaved road.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777540 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:03:46 +0000 Anonymous 1777540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Putting aside context for a moment, I really like the way she dresses. Her choice of simple elegant pieces in mostly solid colors is exactly how I would like to imagine I would dress if I were an ex-model married to a billionaire.<br /> But, putting the outfit in the context of a diplomatic visit, the thing I find disturbing is the jarring difference in formality between FLOTUS' attire and that of Mrs. Abe. I don't know squat about the inner workings of the White House or diplomatic stuff, but my first thought on seeing that picture was that the women's staffs did not coordinate properly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777521 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:07:05 +0000 Janet 1777521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with many of the observations so far. It seems almost too casual to me. It's not inappropriate but somehow misses the mark -- the length, the color, the slight clinginess, the deep neckline. All together, it seems a bit off for what seems to be a diplomatic occasion. I think she is trying. And I do agree that her apparent dedication to flats is interesting and shows a practical side we'd not seen before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777484 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 07:47:46 +0000 Jane 1777484@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's okay to my eye, but not brilliant. In the UK we have a phrase WAG - which relates to "wives and girlfriends". It originated I think when the WAGs accompanied the England football team to Germany 15 plus years ago. So, I would say it is a bit WAG.&nbsp;</p> <p>Her outfit as she got out of air force 1 this weekend I thought looked very polished. Black top, sun glasses and wide leg pants.&nbsp;</p> <p>I think she is finding her way, and I would say, its a tough role and top marks for trying and largely getting it right.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777483 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 07:33:43 +0000 rachylou 1777483@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Her shoes look like flats to me? I approve of that. I admit to finding the dress just weird. Maybe it's the all white thing in an Asian country. Either you're a bride or someone died... Of course, my people are not from modern Asia; I doubt it bothered anyone there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/melania-trumps-outfit-for-garden-tour#post-1777482 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 07:25:31 +0000 Sal 1777482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>She is very attractive - shape, hair etc.. &nbsp;And she looks stunning.</p> <p>I am with Brie wrt length, I think in this case just below the knee might be better. &nbsp;</p> <p>It must be a real challenge to adopt a FLOTUS wardrobe - because image, fashion is a traditional part of the role, and balancing this with your own tastes, practicality, choice of designer etc would take some work. &nbsp;Maybe being attractive/ex model makes it harder because expectations are higher - what were the comments on Laura and Barbara Bush's fashion - I honestly cannot remember (ETA not meaning they are not attractive, but that their background was not as a fashion model).</p> <p>NZ has had two female leaders, one for less than a year, and one for nine years. &nbsp;Helen Clark, who is one of the most intelligent leaders we have ever had, was constantly criticised for her wardrobe choices (and appearance which is even worse), which seemed blatantly unfair when our male leaders were often dressed in very average attire. &nbsp;Our recent PMs partners/wives have taken a very low key public role. &nbsp;Our new PM's wife (he took over in December) is continuing her work as a GP (Family Doctor). </p>