Usha Vance - Fashion Thread

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I generally hate the MAGA look, but I love this dress and it looks really good on her.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's sad that on the White House bios page, there are head shots of Trump, Melania, and JD, but the photo of Usha is an AP photo taken from the Republican National Convention. That's how much of a rookie/unprepared she is for her role, she doesn't even have a headshot for the White House website.

Lol, she's the only one who looks happy.

In the pro pictures, The Donald looks like he had a stroke and Melania's pic is blurry on the cheeks.

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Anonymous wrote:How is JD standing in this photo? One leg facing one direction and the other opposite.
He has an unusual gait too, sends gaydar vibes in many ways.

Haha, I didn't notice that. He's doing the Tiffany trump "I need to pee" stance.

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Anonymous wrote:Melania also has access to money that Usha doesn’t. Plus she’s spent decades focusing on how she looks, while Usha was off using her brains. (Except for when she used her brain to link up with Vance.)

Meh. Usha graduated from an elite T5 law school and has earned well over $200K for many years while being married to someone who has been paid by Peter Thiel.

She has money.

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Anonymous wrote:Usha isn’t trying to be a fashion icon. Leave her alone.

Melania isn’t perfect, but she rarely looks anything other than gorgeous. It’s impressive.

That's all it takes to be impressive? Okay.

The hat she chose is strategically impressive: to block his loving husband from kissing her

Not only that. It was a strategy to hide her face from cameras.

Has she reached peak "I don't care, do U" yet?

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Anonymous wrote:A few different shots of the dress and hair:



The original version of this dress from Reem Acra had sleeves so that the detail at the neckline continues over the arms. I prefer how that looks though I understand why a non-model would choose to get rid of the sleeves. Usha has nice arms but the sleeves might have been constricting or looked less flattering. It does make the dress look a bit more basic though.

I dislike Usha's hair here because you can tell there is a ton of product in it to sweep it up off her face and keep it in place, but it's technically down. The effect is looks stiff and weird to me. I think she should either have worn it down but soft (not plastered back) or gone for a dramatic updo with every hair in place. Also despite all the product you can see some of the hair at the bottom making a break for it. It's hard for that not to happen with a hairstyle like this, especially when dealing with inclement weather and having to get in and out of cars going to multiple events. I think an updo that they just shellacked into place would have been the better call.

https://www.reemacra.com/collections/the-empowered-woman#gallery-4

It’s better with the sleeves. Still did not love this dress. Noticed it’s from the “empowered woman” collection.

I really like it with the sleeves.

[Anonymous]

From the WaPo article: "Usha Vance, who is not working with a stylist but received advice on her inaugural wardrobe from friends, "

Those must be the friends that were posting here all weekend, LOL

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melania also has access to money that Usha doesn’t. Plus she’s spent decades focusing on how she looks, while Usha was off using her brains. (Except for when she used her brain to link up with Vance.)

Meh. Usha graduated from an elite T5 law school and has earned well over $200K for many years while being married to someone who has been paid by Peter Thiel.

She has money.

+1 If Vance asked, his sugar daddy would pay for Usha's clothing/jewelry not to mention that the fashion houses would be happy to lend her clothes, and Indian designers, should she choose to highlight them, would be falling all over themselves to dress her for free. Gaurav Gupta probably did.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few different shots of the dress and hair:



The original version of this dress from Reem Acra had sleeves so that the detail at the neckline continues over the arms. I prefer how that looks though I understand why a non-model would choose to get rid of the sleeves. Usha has nice arms but the sleeves might have been constricting or looked less flattering. It does make the dress look a bit more basic though.

I dislike Usha's hair here because you can tell there is a ton of product in it to sweep it up off her face and keep it in place, but it's technically down. The effect is looks stiff and weird to me. I think she should either have worn it down but soft (not plastered back) or gone for a dramatic updo with every hair in place. Also despite all the product you can see some of the hair at the bottom making a break for it. It's hard for that not to happen with a hairstyle like this, especially when dealing with inclement weather and having to get in and out of cars going to multiple events. I think an updo that they just shellacked into place would have been the better call.

https://www.reemacra.com/collections/the-empowered-woman#gallery-4

It’s better with the sleeves. Still did not love this dress. Noticed it’s from the “empowered woman” collection.

I hate it more with the sleeves. These look like what mom wears once her pageant days are over.

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Anonymous wrote:Melania also has access to money that Usha doesn’t. Plus she’s spent decades focusing on how she looks, while Usha was off using her brains. (Except for when she used her brain to link up with Vance.)

Meh. Usha graduated from an elite T5 law school and has earned well over $200K for many years while being married to someone who has been paid by Peter Thiel.

She has money.

That’s not league of people who buy Oscar de la Renta.

[Anonymous]

She needs better jewelry. JD needs to upgrade that engagement ring and get her a tennis bracelet or gold bangle.

[Anonymous]

Thredup has a used Reem Acra dress for $42: https://www.thredup.com/product/women-reem-acra-red-cocktail-dress/184349030?query_id=994742750027808768&result_id=994742750178803712

Someone snatch it up!

There's a bunch on The Real Real, too: https://www.therealreal.com/products?keywords=Reem%20Acra

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the WaPo article: "Usha Vance, who is not working with a stylist but received advice on her inaugural wardrobe from friends, "

Those must be the friends that were posting here all weekend, LOL

Omg lol can you imagine giving your friend advice on fashion and then you log onto your city's mommy board and see everyone saying she looked like shit? In the outfits you recommended?! I'd be on edge too lmao.

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Anonymous wrote:In her write up on inauguration fashion, Rachel Tashjian at the Washington Post seems to think Usha Vance looked most traditional at the swearing in of all the prominent Republican women -- more like what First Ladies of the past have worn.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/fashion/2025/01/21/trump-inauguration-fashion-2025/

I agree with this, including the poor fit and slight frumpiness. With the exception of Jackie Kennedy, First/Second Ladies are usually a little bit frumpy. Even Nancy Reagan went for the frumpiest, most conservative version of that "ladies who lunch" look in the 80s. I think frump is an easy way for a First or Second Lady to communicate that she is respectful of the occasion but isn't trying too hard to be the center of attention.

Michelle Obama got a lot of flack for being insufficiently frumpy even though honestly, she went out of her way to be much frumpier than she clearly prefers while in the White House -- her fashion since leaving the WH shows just how much she held back.

Usha is definitely trying to communicate "very demure, very mindful" with her fashion. Not a fashion plate. She does not have Melania's or Ivanka's aspirations in this respect at all. She just doesn't want to offend and that's about it.

Michelle dressed like a harried business executive and mother of two young children before Obama ran for president. She didn’t wear much makeup, had a very simple hairstyle and wasn’t into fashion. She was extremely plain, but she got a real makeover for the campaign and has continued to try new and more daring looks. She looked younger when Obama left office than she did a decade earlier. She didn’t hold back during the WH years; she stepped up.

Yeah, I remember thinking during the campaign she was kind of frumpy and then on Inauguration Day she hit us with that yellow sequined dress and coat set. She looked beautiful.

Off topic but on the subject of Michelle, my mom and I were discussing this recently: Has anyone else noticed that she ALWAYS had a silk press during her time as FL but now that she's out of the WH she experiments more with braids and cornrows?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thredup has a used Reem Acra dress for $42: https://www.thredup.com/product/women-reem-acra-red-cocktail-dress/184349030?query_id=994742750027808768&result_id=994742750178803712

Someone snatch it up!

There's a bunch on The Real Real, too: https://www.therealreal.com/products?keywords=Reem%20Acra

Do you think Usha Vance discovered Reem Acra? OMG.

No one wants a 20 year old Reem Acra red lace dress. That's why it's $42.