This definitely doesn't look up to par for Givenchy. The puckering is everywhere and the embroidery design is cartoonish instead of jacobean like the original.

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Anonymous wrote:Love Melania's dress, sorry, I should stay off this forum.

She looked beautiful and the gown was custom. It was daring (for American fashion tbh, Americans are less daring, esp first ladies) and unusual for an inaugural gown. It’s hard to pull off a choker and Melania did. She trended less colonial and more continental today, and it’s disconcerting to some of the hayseeds.

Ivanka followed suit. They both looked fantastic.

Oooh, this is beautiful… another +1 for Ivanka! Finally the woman leverages her best asset… her beautiful figure, in a normal way. -OP

That is GORGEOUS. The fit, the line, the all of it.

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Absolutely stunning.

It looks like a dress from David’s Bridal.

https://www.davidsbridal.com/product/sheer-lace-and-tulle-ball-gown-wedding-dress-wg3861?defining_color=1759&defining_size_family=126&defining_size_dress=75&defining_extra_length=1&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAqAEId5htWRkaD_ZBteY9ae4dl7Kc&gclid=Cj0KCQiAqL28BhCrARIsACYJvkeifMf_3x1fdJCe1wNBY9POn3vYWFZEiddrRCPTTdrLMFQPeFY1YFEaAq-QEALw_wcB

Nailed it! Just tacky. So many amazing designers out there and this is the best she can do? Looks like something my 8 year old DD might have picked out for princess dress up.

DP. You know it’s a redesign by Givenchy, right? It’s absolutely gorgeous.

Yes absolutely. And it may have been lovely in the ‘50s on a 25 year old in a movie. Totally ridiculous princess fantasy today.

Disagree. It was beautiful. DP.

In the end, for me, she does cheapen it, even though it is a beautiful dress.

First I find the length a little bit awkward on her. It’s hitting at her… calves? Instead of taking advantage of her height and wearing something flowy there’s this weird hard stop at her calves.

Then the pattern. This is a dress that is so iconic and was worn by such a petite person and while Ivanka is not fat, she is really tall and the negative space of the pattern is off on her larger (ha!) body. It seems like there’s more white and less pattern and it looks off.

The dress is so perfect, and was so perfect, and on Ivanka it’s not the same.

I sort of blame Givenchy the fashion house for indulging Ivanka on this. There are so many ways to do an homage without producing a carbon copy. A dress with a different pattern, different cut, color…

The length seems off to me also.

Yes. It looks like a high-low hemline, which is dated and definitely ups the David's Bridal vibes.

White is NOT a great color for Ivanka, her hair is making her look incredibly harsh, which also throws off the delicate feel of the dress, and it's actually kind of "too young" for her. BAD.

Oh, wow - I completely disagree. I think she looks absolutely spectacular in this dress! The only thing I would have changed is removing the necklace. And the high/low hemline was original to the dress. Love it.

On Audrey it wasn’t a high low-it was tea length with a train over skirt. (Tea length was considered the appropriate length in the 1950s if it was not an evening event. ). I can’t remember the plot of the movie well enough but in the photos her costar is wearing a white jacket which also suggests it was an afternoon party, not evening wear. It would be consisted tacky to wear a full length to an afternoon party, hence tea length with the overslkirt for drama.

At any rate, The PP is right that the designer got the proportions a little wrong for Ivanka so it looks too short. PP is also right that the embroidery is not sized right in this dress. I still like the dress but it’s hard to wear a copy without inviting “who wore it best?” And you’re never going to beat the original here. It’s a nice dress but she’s no Audrey. I think something with a similar cut but maybe in an ice blue or lavender with navy or black embroidery would have been better on Ivanka.

The original is really pretty...and they put white (or cream) gloves on Audrey.

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She is the same color as her husband with the same mouth. They are looking more like each other all the time.

Hamburglar!

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a woman who does hand embroidery talking about the Audrey vs Ivanka dresses on her social media.

Audrey’s dress has hand embroidery and Ivanka’s is screen printed with machine embroidery over it.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLCXt8xlwB/

More commentary about the overall quality of the reproduction:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLjhvryh9-/

Interesting tidbit: Audrey’s dress was cream. It just looked white on film.

These posts are neat, and looking at the two dresses side to side really showcases what a poor imitation Ivanka’s was. I think the fact that the original dress was cream is a factor here- the bright white does look very David’s bridal, and looking at the photos the fit on Ivanka is not as nice either. And the embroidery- it looks so much better and more proportional on the original dress.

So interesting! You really do see a difference when they are side by side.

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Anonymous wrote:On Vanky’s Audrey Hepburn dress.


“Even the most generous interpretation of her decision to recreate this iconic piece of Hollywood history—as an homage to the late Audrey—is exhausting in its unoriginality.

It’s probably pointless to speculate what Hepburn, a member of the Dutch resistance that sheltered Jews amid the Holocaust, would’ve thought of the Trump administration and the neo-Nazis he just pardoned.

If Ivanka’s intention was to honor Hepburn’s legacy, she could’ve done so in countless other ways—none of which involve her father’s administration.”

https://www.glamour.com/story/ivanka-trump-can-recreate-audrey-hepburns-gown-but-shes-not-fooling-anyone

The Hepburns were friends with Marla and her bio mother, Ivana. Hepburn’s son applauded it and her wearing it.

"Applauded" is not quite the word I would use

"In an interview with the Daily Mail, Sean Hepburn Ferrer graciously said he’s not surprised that Ivanka Trump would want to pay tribute to his mother. But Ferrer also indicated that his mother’s views wouldn’t align with Trump’s draconian policies and harsh rhetoric. Indeed, the Daily Mail reported that Ferrer “suggested” that his mother, a longtime UNICEF ambassador who survived Nazi occupation during World War II, would be sympathetic to criticism expressed by Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington"


https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/23/ivanka-trumps-icon-audrey-hepburn-would-share-bishops-criticism-of-trump-son-says/


Just because he is gracious enough not to call out Ivanka on her tackies, doesn't mean he's applauding. Let me guess, you only read the Fox News post about this?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like any of these people but I loved Melania's black and white dress. She is beautiful and has great style.

I liked it too, though it’s like when a cake order that says “put name here” is taken literally and the cake is frosted with the instructions. The designer doodled on the dress sketch with the sharpie and notes to “zhuzh this up”.

You aren't getting enough credit for this comment - spot on and hugely funny to boot.

Anonymous wrote:There’s a woman who does hand embroidery talking about the Audrey vs Ivanka dresses on her social media.

Audrey’s dress has hand embroidery and Ivanka’s is screen printed with machine embroidery over it.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLCXt8xlwB/

More commentary about the overall quality of the reproduction:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLjhvryh9-/

Interesting tidbit: Audrey’s dress was cream. It just looked white on film.

These posts are neat, and looking at the two dresses side to side really showcases what a poor imitation Ivanka’s was. I think the fact that the original dress was cream is a factor here- the bright white does look very David’s bridal, and looking at the photos the fit on Ivanka is not as nice either. And the embroidery- it looks so much better and more proportional on the original dress.

There’s a woman who does hand embroidery talking about the Audrey vs Ivanka dresses on her social media.

Audrey’s dress has hand embroidery and Ivanka’s is screen printed with machine embroidery over it.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLCXt8xlwB/

More commentary about the overall quality of the reproduction:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLjhvryh9-/

Interesting tidbit: Audrey’s dress was cream. It just looked white on film.

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Anonymous wrote:On Vanky’s Audrey Hepburn dress.


“Even the most generous interpretation of her decision to recreate this iconic piece of Hollywood history—as an homage to the late Audrey—is exhausting in its unoriginality.

It’s probably pointless to speculate what Hepburn, a member of the Dutch resistance that sheltered Jews amid the Holocaust, would’ve thought of the Trump administration and the neo-Nazis he just pardoned.

If Ivanka’s intention was to honor Hepburn’s legacy, she could’ve done so in countless other ways—none of which involve her father’s administration.”

https://www.glamour.com/story/ivanka-trump-can-recreate-audrey-hepburns-gown-but-shes-not-fooling-anyone

The Hepburns were friends with Marla and her bio mother, Ivana. Hepburn’s son applauded it and her wearing it.

Odd you said "her bio mother", Ivana was just. . . Ivanka's mother.

Speaking to The Daily Mail, Hepburn’s son, whom she had with her first husband Mel Ferrer, recalled how President Donald Trump’s second wife, Marla Maples, was on the advisory board for the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund in the early ’90s and that they had celebrated their daughter Tiffany Trump’s first birthday with a charity event titled “Breakfast with Tiffany”—a nod to Hepburn’s classic film.

The outlet also noted that Trump’s first wife and Ivanka’s mother, Ivana, was once in a relationship with Rofredo Gaetani, better known as the son of Hepburn’s close friend, Lorian Gaetani--Ivana and Rofredo dated in 1997, 6 years after Audrey Hepburn died--that's like 5 degrees of separation.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like any of these people but I loved Melania's black and white dress. She is beautiful and has great style.

I liked it too, though it’s like when a cake order that says “put name here” is taken literally and the cake is frosted with the instructions. The designer doodled on the dress sketch with the sharpie and notes to “zhuzh this up”.

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Anonymous wrote:Love Melania's dress, sorry, I should stay off this forum.

She looked beautiful and the gown was custom. It was daring (for American fashion tbh, Americans are less daring, esp first ladies) and unusual for an inaugural gown. It’s hard to pull off a choker and Melania did. She trended less colonial and more continental today, and it’s disconcerting to some of the hayseeds.

Ivanka followed suit. They both looked fantastic.

Oooh, this is beautiful… another +1 for Ivanka! Finally the woman leverages her best asset… her beautiful figure, in a normal way. -OP

That is GORGEOUS. The fit, the line, the all of it.

+100
Absolutely stunning.

It looks like a dress from David’s Bridal.

https://www.davidsbridal.com/product/sheer-lace-and-tulle-ball-gown-wedding-dress-wg3861?defining_color=1759&defining_size_family=126&defining_size_dress=75&defining_extra_length=1&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAqAEId5htWRkaD_ZBteY9ae4dl7Kc&gclid=Cj0KCQiAqL28BhCrARIsACYJvkeifMf_3x1fdJCe1wNBY9POn3vYWFZEiddrRCPTTdrLMFQPeFY1YFEaAq-QEALw_wcB

Nailed it! Just tacky. So many amazing designers out there and this is the best she can do? Looks like something my 8 year old DD might have picked out for princess dress up.

DP. You know it’s a redesign by Givenchy, right? It’s absolutely gorgeous.

Yes absolutely. And it may have been lovely in the ‘50s on a 25 year old in a movie. Totally ridiculous princess fantasy today.

Disagree. It was beautiful. DP.

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This is truly spectacular. Both the original and the redesign.

I’m guessing that when it’s hard to find an American designer to dress you because they hate your family, that it’s easier to play it safe and have some make a copy of a beloved someone’s iconic gown.

Is this now the thread to discuss Usha Vance's style?

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Anonymous wrote:Remember red corona virus/COVID red patterned dress that she wore to India right at the beginning of the pandemic? It’s hard to find a pic of that dress on the internet now.

I think so. Did she wear it in front of the Taj?

What do you think the reason is for it being so hard to find? Was the design really a virus pattern?

Not this one, is it?
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/11/30/fashion/29otr-D/29otr-D-superJumbo.jpg

I think it was this one:
https://c.ndtvimg.com/2020-02/sphmaj5k_ivanka-trump-in-india_625x300_24_February_20.jpg

Anonymous wrote:Kimberly on Sunday at a reception for the Greek-American community in DC.

Does this dress have anything to do with Greece? I’d have chosen something blue and white.