Melania Trump? It literally (re) emerged from the hat

In the four years since Flotus he said few words. Her public speeches during Donald’s presidential term can be counted at the tip of her fingers when compared to those of her predecessors.

Ma Melania Trump, we know, has always preferred communication with the details of his look, always highly sought after, highly studied, highly branded. THE sartorial messages he sent have always been interpreted, studied, not always understood, sometimes misunderstood, others arrived strong and clear. About a year ago he left the White House with one final stroke of style: a petite black jacket by Chanel and on the arm 70 thousand dollars size Hermès bag. As if to say: «because I am worth».

Then months of oblivion, until now. Melania, how much we missed your choices that always divide souls and that often make you the target of media criticism. So you reappear on the scene with a master stroke: auctioning off the legendary white wide-brimmed hat flaunted to welcome French President Macron and his wife Brigitte on their first visit to the White House.

On April 28, 2018, in fact, the look of the First Lady goes around the web, as always. For her, an impeccable white suit by Michael Kors surmounted by an eye-catching and unusual accessory that delighted photographers and fashion editors: an XXL-brimmed hat in the same white crepe fabric as the dress, a personalized creation made for her by her personal stylist Herve Pierre.

A look twinned with Michelle Pfeiffer’s in Scarface, read, among other interpretations, also in a simplistic key homage to the Hollywood diva who turned 60 on the same day as the Macron visit.

Today that hat makes people talk about it again: In fact, Melania put it up for auction with the surplus value given by his autograph together with a watercolor on paper by Marc-Antoine Coulon (already assigned) and a work NFT (both featuring Mrs. Trump during the state visit).

To grab the legendary white hat there is time until January 25: in case you want to think about it, the only accepted payment method is the Solana cryptocurrency and the starting price is 1415.86 SOL, or 250 thousand dollars. Part of the proceeds will go to children in difficulty, an initiative set up with the Be Best program carried out by Trump.

Naturally there are those who point the finger at the former Flotus, accused of once again exploiting her status for profit. After all, it is the first time that a First Lady of the past has put on sale a garment worn in the presidential years. All have often donated clothes and accessories to archives or museums for permanent exhibitions. And the New York Times casts doubt that this move is a preventative strategy to understand how willing you are to have a piece of your career wardrobe.

If all goes well, then, go to the next one. Maybe it could be the Zara parka with the famous writing I don’t care, do you? or the colonial look (designer Ralph Lauren) style My Africa for the visit to Kenya, the coat dress Jackie of the oath blue or Louboutin stiletto heels chosen for walking in an area just devastated by Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

How many memories, Melania Trump, that you have made “as long as you talk about it” your philosophy of life. For better or for worse, you never went unnoticed. And it is appropriate to say it in this context: if this has always been your goal, hats!

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