Melania Trump....

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Why does nobody rate her? I think she is so dignified and elegant. And I really like her style.

MrsTwiddle Ivanka does not have great posture. Have you seen her walking? She has an odd and ungainly gait. She also has veneers that are too big so she can't speak properly without struggling to close her mouth around her teeth. Not elegant in any way it form. Melania may or may not dress well. Unfortunately with her unpleasant scowl, what she wears is never what is first noticed.

I feel sorry for her. She's found herself as flotus almost accidentally - I doubt even Trump thought he'd win that election. She seems very alone and the whole world watches and judges. I normally have a lot of time for Michelle Obama but I read that even she was bitchy about Melania's present at the inauguration. Seemed unnecessarily bitchy.
I don't care why she married Donald - her business not mine. I don't think a woman should be judged or treated like shit because of her spouse.

I'll happily judge anyone who marries the likes of Donald Trump.

I am probably the last one who's qualified to comment on anyone's attire, but Melania's clothes wear her. They present more personality than she does, and that doesn't represent true style. Her clothes look as though they have come straight off a mannequin and been presented to her. There is always the absence of her favourite necklace, or favourite brooch, or something unique that she celebrates about her own look.

We cannot forget though, that she has had to learn the rules of dressing for a public audience within the last few years really. Prior to the white house, she could dress as the wife of an American business man (read - garish), and prior to being married to him she had a very garish style pertaining to her eastern European roots. So now that she clearly has an advisor, she is probably inclined to agreeing with everything as she very much an outsider to that world. In comparison, Michelle Obama was a partner for a law firm- if you are in a position of management or authority , you learn quite quickly how to present yourself to the public. Michelle Obama is from a middle class family with politicians and other professionals, and so she grew up understanding the connection between attire, position and power. The same for mrs Kennedy. Melania had none of that. Melania clearly doesn't have the confidence or charisma of Michelle to exude her own personality through her clothing. The presidential wives have always attempted to be aspirational, unfortunately Melania cant be aspirational for the middle classes as she is not from a powerful, connected or monied background. And so for that her clothing is rather to be complimentary to Trump, but not to 'rise above her station'. if that makes sense.

I think shes beautiful and she dresses so elegantly. Her evening dresses are stunning.

Plus she indulged in all that racist Obama birtherism nonsense that Trump started. So she's no angel. And I don't buy the theory that she's some poor unfortunate stuck in an awful marriage against her will. She knew what the deal was and she agreed to it.

I know about the degree, she left her college course to pursue modeling. I find it laughable the assumption made that she is unhappy. She might actually be very happy and naturally have an unsmiling demeanour. I just dont buy the caught in a gilded cage malarkey. I must find the clip where Michelle Obama publicly dissed Melania on a chat show for cheap laughs. Thought it was such a low shot at her successor. She used a derogatory Americanism I just didn't understand. I lost a lot of respect for Michelle O over that. I think as well due to her eastern europen accent Melania is seen as a dim wit which has to be some sort of prejudice. Thought over here she got a lot of admiration fir her style and poise .
It must be very hard to be married to Trump with Ivanka playing pseudo first lady too.

I have no opinion either way on Melania Trump as I don't know enough about her and she can't be blamed for the twattery of her husband. Style wise - she's a bit 'Housewife of Cheshire' for me. That's not to say I don't think she's stylish but her style is not my cup of tea. It's a bit bland - to me she doesn't have anything about her style that really stands out.

Radyward you'll have to find a link for your claim that Mrs O was ever rude about M. I find it hard to believe and without evidence, I'm not likely to just take your word for it. The 'modelling' M left college for is plastered all over the internet. We can all see what kind of 'modelling' she did. The evidence for that one is loud and clear

Um @MNHQ why has my post been deleted? It's not me who's suggesting Melania has a dodgy past...

She dresses like a robot imo.

I think she looks stylish, but then so would I if I had a team of advisors, personal shoppers and an unlimited budget. I think she, like Michelle Obama, benefits from being young enough to be dressed in interesting outfits which complement her figure and features, whereas Laura Bush for example was quite forgettable in fashion terms, nobody analysed her choices because she was older and so less interesting to the media. I suspect though that Melania was cynically chosen for her appeal by her husband.

Even if we put aside the politics, choice in men etc, her plastic surgery is horrendous! She looks like one of the Thunderbirds. Fashion wise, she wore a colonial pith hat on a visit to Kenya...I can kind of see why people aren't falling over themselves to compliment her style!

@Radyward do you mean her "bye Felicia" comment? If so it's from the film Friday and it's bitchy brush off along the lines of talk to the hand and its ilk, or so it was explained to me.
I live in the US and where I am its considered very rude, in real life I've only ever heard a friend's teenager say it in a nasty, bullying way, and subsequently get told off

She probably has a dresser. Not hard.

She was on Jimmy Fallon promoting her book and used the term bye felicia which apparently means get out of my face/ or that ilk to laughs from the audience. Have a look at the you tube clip.

Sorry who gives a fiddlers what kind of modeling she did ? So what ! It has nothing to do with her ability to be a good first lady or do you mean all models have low intelligence? Major generalisation there. Honestly the abuse she gets on twitter is disgusting and the imagery used photo shopping old photos from her modeling days just let the anti trump supporters down. Leave her alone. I love style and fashion and enjoyed her visit . Whats wrong with saying that. Michelle Obama is very intelligent and dresses well and seemed to be an all round fab First lady.
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It has nothing to do with her ability to be a good first lady or do you mean all models have low intelligence?

She's achieved zero as first lady. Except for being a clothes horse. And stealing people's speeches.

One of the things I always feel is very unfair is when she's criticised for not saying much, or not speaking English very well.
Honestly if you were in her position would you want to risk being trapped into saying something you didn't quite mean as you aren't speaking in your mother tongue, and then be torn apart for it? No thanks.

Whenever I was posted to a country which speaks my second language (in which I am fluent) I was under strict instructions NOT to speak in it at work, other than polite courtesies as its too easy to up the nuances and take advantage of a non native speaker, even when you're fluent. Can lead to some very unexpected outcomes when you're negotiating.

If it was anybody else and their foreign accent and English language skills were being criticised, people would be going nuts calling racism and xenophobia. But because it's her, it's fair game.

She's a beautiful, intelligent woman who looks good in her clothes and who she married has nothing to do with her grace and style; it's totally irrelevant.

I read somewhere the night Trump was elected he was in total shock to have won and She was in tears. I dont know how true it is. Apparantly all DT wanted was to up his profile even more in the global business world. Imagine being thrown in like that. I think she is doing great ( excepting the I dont care coat , that was baaaaaaaddd ) and didnt let the US down on their visit . I mean i am amazed she could walk in those stilettos in W minster Abbey and BP lawn !

I think some of her outfits are lovely if not my style. I agree with TeaAddict that sometimes the clothes seem to wear her rather than the other way round.

I hope she gets the chance to tell her story one day. I think it would be fascinating.

agree with Floisme, I think Melania has a story to tell. I have a feeling that for all the designer clothes and jewels and private jets it wont be a very happy one.

btw, I dont think she is unintelligent, I think she was dazzled and bamboozled by a lifestyle that was unthinkable by the majority of us and is living a very strange existence.

The colonial hat to Kenya! @Shanna89 ! What a blooper! I wasn't sure if that was a bit tongue in cheek or rather "we're going on a bear hunt in Africa". Didn't anyone brief her on Kenya's colonial past at all? Talk about rub your face in the muck.