Ivanka Trump: From that ‘Coronavirus dress’ to her Vera Wang wedding gown, what do the US first daughter’s fashion choices really say?
Catwalk model, steely businesswoman, beloved bride, mother and unlikely international diplomat – Trump’s favoured child always has the right outfit for the spotlight, but what do her sartorial choices really mean?
Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of US President Donald Trump and allegedly his favourite child, is one of the most high-profile figureheads in the world.
She holds multiple titles: wife, mother, entrepreneur, author, style icon, America’s first daughter and senior adviser to the leader of the free world. While self-isolating at home, she is utilising social media by hashtagging #TogetherApart, to ease the pressure the Trump administration is facing for its rough handling of the Coronavirus crisis.
From rich heiress to power voice in the White House, Ivanka Trump transforms herself periodically, with her chameleon-like changes mirrored in her sartorial choices. As people say, dress for the job you want, so what are Ivanka’s wardrobe elections for the top job?
Born in 1981 with a silver spoon in her mouth, Ivanka’s life was thrust into the limelight early. Standing five-foot 10-inches tall, she moonlighted as a part-time model when attending Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut to escape boarding school boredom. She walked for several brands – including Versace, Marc Bouwer, Enrico Coveri and Thierry Mugler – from the age of 15, and appeared in a campaign for Tommy Hilfiger.
In 1998, Ivanka accompanied her mother Ivana to the Royal Ascot races in the UK. She descended on the racecourse in a relatively mature and sophisticated suit-style attire and a low-key fascinator.
Before stepping into business and political spaces, Ivanka, a New York socialite, frequented glamorous parities, outfitted in gorgeous fashion. Here in 2007, she stunned in a Jason Wu gown, showing up at a benefit gala for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Ivanka married real estate mogul Jared Kushner in a Jewish wedding ceremony at New Jersey’s Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in 2009. The big day dress was a custom-made design by bridal queen Vera Wang, in a classic A-line style that nods to Grace Kelly, with a price tag of US$50,000. She accessorised it with jewellery from her own Ivanka Trump Collection, including the US$130,000 diamond earrings.