Why isn't Melania Trump promoting AMERICAN Designers?

[Dragonlady]

One of the things that First Ladies have always done is to promote American designers by wearing American designed clothing at State Functions. Melania Trump has chosen to wear French designers at the Inauguration and at the White House dinner for Bibi and his wife last night.

I guess "America First" isn't something the Trumps are doing.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Was there ever any doubt?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Probably afraid they'd dress her in potato sacks like they did Mooch

 

[Cellblock2429]

One of the things that First Ladies have always done is to promote American designers by wearing American designed clothing at State Functions. Melania Trump has chosen to wear French designers at the Inauguration and at the White House dinner for Bibi and his wife last night.

I guess "America First" isn't something the Trumps are doing.

/--- American designers are boycotting the First Lady - as you well know unless you're dumber than we all thought. So why should she promote anyone who refuses to design for her? Why, Snowflake, why why why?

 

[Claudette]

How many of those American designers have already said they won't dress the first lady??

 

[S.J.]

Maybe it's her way of saying "F U" to the designers who refused to dress her after her husband won the election.

 

[Dragonlady]

Being a Canadian who doesn't deal with tabloid press, I had no idea that American designers are boycotting her. Good for them!!!

But she could have found some low level desperate person to wear. Jackie Kennedy used new, lower level designers and promoted them.

The Trumps COULD have found a way, but chose not to.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Being a Canadian

What's it to you then?

 

[Manonthestreet]

Are there any who havent declared they didnt want the opportunity?

 

[miketx]

One of the things that First Ladies have always done is to promote American designers by wearing American designed clothing at State Functions. Melania Trump has chosen to wear French designers at the Inauguration and at the White House dinner for Bibi and his wife last night.

I guess "America First" isn't something the Trumps are doing.

I guess you don't know what you're talking about like always. Why the hell would she wear their crap when they refuse her?

 

[Correll]

Being a Canadian who doesn't deal with tabloid press, I had no idea that American designers are boycotting her. Good for them!!!

But she could have found some low level desperate person to wear. Jackie Kennedy used new, lower level designers and promoted them.

The Trumps COULD have found a way, but chose not to.

Could have. But then the baying mob would have found some other bullshit to attack her on, so why bother.

 

[Dragonlady]

Being a Canadian

What's it to you then?

I want the fashion industry to come back to North America. The only way I can get high quality, North American made clothing is to make them myself, which I am doing, but I would like to be able to buy something that wasn't made in China, Korea or Bangla Desh. Something made with quality fabrics, not the throw-away tissue paper coming out of Asia.

 

[Compost]

Didn't she wear a Ralph Lauren on inauguration day? Last I heard he was an American. Since we're nit picking....

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Being a Canadian

What's it to you then?

I want the fashion industry to come back to North America. The only way I can get high quality, North American made clothing is to make them myself, which I am doing, but I would like to be able to buy something that wasn't made in China, Korea or Bangla Desh. Something made with quality fabrics, not the throw-away tissue paper coming out of Asia.

Very few clothing lines are actually made in America...far cheaper to pay employees $1.25 an hour in China, Korea or Singapore

 

[OldLady]

This article from Vanity Fair says Melania is using American designers. It's pretty lengthy, but it might give the OP a little different angle.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/fashion/melania-trump-inaugural-ballgown.html

 

[Compost]

Being a Canadian

What's it to you then?

I want the fashion industry to come back to North America. The only way I can get high quality, North American made clothing is to make them myself, which I am doing, but I would like to be able to buy something that wasn't made in China, Korea or Bangla Desh. Something made with quality fabrics, not the throw-away tissue paper coming out of Asia.

Why don't you volunteer to dress the First Lady? Wait. You're not an American, are you? Go dress your Prime Minister.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Being a Canadian

What's it to you then?

I want the fashion industry to come back to North America. The only way I can get high quality, North American made clothing is to make them myself, which I am doing, but I would like to be able to buy something that wasn't made in China, Korea or Bangla Desh. Something made with quality fabrics, not the throw-away tissue paper coming out of Asia.

Why don't you volunteer to dress the First Lady? Wait. You're not an American, are you? Go dress your Prime Minister.

He looks like he'd be right at home in a dress

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Being a Canadian

What's it to you then?

I want the fashion industry to come back to North America. The only way I can get high quality, North American made clothing is to make them myself, which I am doing, but I would like to be able to buy something that wasn't made in China, Korea or Bangla Desh. Something made with quality fabrics, not the throw-away tissue paper coming out of Asia.

Then offer your services to the first lady, or did she refuse you and this is why you are asking why she does not use someone from North America!?!

Personally I use Italian and British before American but that is my personal choice, I can not knock the first lady...

Also when you create your clothing do you make sure your material is from Canada or do you buy imported quality from Egypt or England!?!

 

[Markle]

Being a Canadian who doesn't deal with tabloid press, I had no idea that American designers are boycotting her. Good for them!!!

But she could have found some low level desperate person to wear. Jackie Kennedy used new, lower level designers and promoted them.

The Trumps COULD have found a way, but chose not to.

Yeah...that is NOT what happened.

In FACT, Jackie Kennedy chose Oleg Cassini as her exclusive designer. He was a long established designer who started his career in the U.S. as a costume designer in Hollywood. He had won a dual to win his wife and immigrated to the United States from Italy where his mother founded a fashion house. Before coming to the U.S. he had opened his own fashion boutique in Rome where he had designed costumes for the Rome film industry as well as for Roman Society.

Care to try again?

 

[ABikerSailor]

Didn't she wear a Ralph Lauren on inauguration day? Last I heard he was an American. Since we're nit picking....

Yeah, he is an American. However, his clothing line is made in either Sri Lanka or comes from the Philippines.