The White House released the first official portrait of the first lady, Melania Trump, currently displayed on her government webpage.
Though the picture at first seems bland enough, it is worth a second
look — both for the image itself and for what Mrs. Trump chose to wear
to represent the country for posterity.
A black tuxedo jacket with a foulard around her throat. From Dolce & Gabbana.
The
White House declined to confirm or name the designer of the jacket Mrs.
Trump is wearing, but Stefano Gabbana posted the official portrait on
his Instagram feed with the words #DGwoman, #MelaniaTrump Thank you, and
#MadeinItaly. The jacket, it turns out, is one of Dolce & Gabbana’s
signature pieces.
It’s
a surprising choice, not only because the official portrait is an
occasion that has been considered an opportunity to promote national
industry (as opposed to Italian industry) or because it seems to
undermine her husband’s mission to get everyone to “buy American,” but
also because it confuses what is otherwise a pretty straightforward
visual message.
Taken
by Regine Mahaux, a Belgian photographer who has worked with the first
family for the past five years (her photographs of President and Mrs.
Trump have appeared on Us Weekly, French Vanity Fair, Paris Match and Russian Tatler), the
portrait depicts Mrs. Trump with her arms crossed and the beginnings of a
smile on her face in front of a large decorative window in “her new
residence at the White House.”
Along
with the jacket, she is wearing an emerald-cut diamond ring on one hand
(this has been identified, variously, as 15 carats, 24 carats and 25
carats, so suffice it to say: It’s very big) and a diamond band on the
other.
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