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Devils In Prada Turn Their Pitchforks On Melania

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Anna Wintour took a fresh swipe at Melania Trump’s wardrobe while praising other women in power, reopening a fashion feud that has simmered for years between the former Vogue editor and the First Lady.

The remark came during a new interview with Meryl Streep, where the two were asked how women can dress to project authority.

Wintour did not waste time naming the women she admires, and Melania was not exactly at the top of that list.

“I don’t think wearing a power suit to the office is in any way necessary,” Wintour said.

That line landed as a pointed jab at Melania, who has long made sharply tailored suits part of her public image.

Wintour then turned to Michelle Obama, holding her up as the standard.

“Think about the women that one admires: Mrs Obama comes to mind,” she continued.

“Whether she’s wearing J Crew or Duro Olowu or Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel, she always looks like herself.”

She praised another political spouse in the same breath. “I’m full of admiration for New York City’s new first lady because she looks so cool and wears a lot of vintage – young and modern and also entirely herself,” Wintour added.

Only after that did she circle back to Melania with a line that sounded more obligatory than enthusiastic.

“To be fair, Melania Trump also always looks like herself when she dresses,” she lamented.

Streep was even less subtle. “The Devil Wears Prada” star reached back to one of the most infamous fashion moments of Melania’s time in the White House and used it to make a point.

“I have so many thoughts about this,” Streep said, bringing up the jacket Melania wore in 2018 while traveling to a migrant detention center.

“I think the most powerful message that our current First Lady sent was in the coat that said, ‘I Really Don’t Care. Do U?’ when she was going to see migrant children who were incarcerated,” she added.

From there, Streep widened the argument beyond Melania and into how women in public life are still expected to present themselves.

“All dress is about expressing yourself, but we’re also subject to larger historical and political sweeps of expectation,” she noted.

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“I’m stunned at how women in power have to have bare arms on television while men are covered in shirts and ties or a suit,” Streep continued.

“There’s an apology built into women. They have to show their smallness,” she argued.

The comments reopened a grudge match that has been building for years.

Melania appeared on Vogue’s cover in 2005, when the magazine ran exclusive photos of her wedding to Donald Trump.

But during her years as First Lady, Vogue never put her back on the cover, even while featuring Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama.

Wintour made clear back in 2019 that the decision was not accidental.

“Those of us that work at Conde Nast believe that you have to stand up for what you believe in and you have to take a point of view,” she commented in an interview with Christiane Amanpour.

Melania’s camp fired back at the time. Her former spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said being “on the cover of Vogue doesn’t define Mrs Trump,” then twisted the knife a little further by adding that Melania had “been there, done that long before she was First Lady.”

Melania herself went after the magazine in 2022 and accused it of blatant favoritism.

While speaking to Fox Nation, she was asked why Jill Biden had reached the cover within months of Joe Biden taking office while she never did.

“They’re biased and they have likes and dislikes, and it’s so obvious,” Melania said at the time.

“And I think American people and everyone sees it,” she added.

“It was their decision, and I have much more important things to do – and I did in the White House – than being on the cover of Vogue.”

That old grievance flared back up just as Melania launched a much more serious public defense on another front.

On Thursday, she issued an unexpected statement attacking what she called “lies” linking her to Jeffrey Epstein.

The announcement was not on the official White House schedule and landed like a deliberate effort to shut the story down before it spread further.

“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” she stated.

“The individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility, and respect,” she added.

The first lady rejected any suggestion that Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell played a meaningful role in her life.

“To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, [Ghislaine] Maxwell,” she continued.

“My email reply to Maxwell cannot be categorized as anything more than casual correspondence. My polite reply to her email doesn’t amount to anything more than a trivial note.”

Melania also pushed back on the claim that Epstein had anything to do with her relationship with Donald Trump.

“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump,” she stated.

“I met my husband by chance at a New York City Party in 1998. This initial encounter with my husband is documented in detail in my book Melania.”

She acknowledged that she later crossed paths with Epstein socially, but said that happened well after she had met Trump.

“The first time I crossed paths with Epstein was in the year 2000 at an event Donald and I attended together,” she explained.

“At the time, I had never met Epstein and had no knowledge of his criminal undertakings.”

Trump also went after online material she said was fabricated. “Be cautious about what you believe. These images and stories are completely false,” she pointed out.

“I’m not a witness or a named witness in connection with any of Epstein’s crimes,” she continued. “My name has never appeared in court documents, depositions, victim statements or FBI interviews surrounding the Epstein matter.”

Melania insisted she had no role in Epstein’s crimes and no knowledge of the abuse tied to him.

“I have never had any knowledge of Epstein abuse of his victims,” she read. “I was never involved in any capacity. I was not a participant, was never on Epstein’s plane, and never visited his private island.”

She framed the attacks as political and closed by calling for Congress to hold a public hearing centered on Epstein’s victims.

“I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing, specifically centered around the survivors,” she demanded.

“Each and every woman should have her day to tell her story in public, if she wishes, and then her testimony should be permanently entered into the Congressional Record,” she added. “Then and only then, we will have the truth.”

Republicans quickly rallied around her after the statement landed. Rep. Nancy Mace, one of the loudest voices pressing for the Epstein files to be released, posted support on X alongside a photo that read, “Melania Trump stands with Epstein victims.”

Mace also praised the First Lady’s work on legislation targeting fake intimate images.

“Thank you to our First Lady for being a voice for victims across the country,” she wrote. “From her work on the Take It Down Act to publicly standing for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and calling for action and the truth.”

“The truth will prevail. America is strong when strong women stand up for what is right,” she added.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lined up behind Melania as well.

“I am grateful to the First Lady for her brave statement today about Epstein and his victims,” Greene wrote on X.

“I agree with her that the victims should be heard,” she added. “I also agree with Thomas Massie. The DOJ needs to PROSECUTE!!! And the role of Congress is to legislate, not prosecute.”

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