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Why the hell did Melania dress as a nurse? (Original Post) matt819 Feb 2018 OP
She was pretending to be a care-giver, despite her MineralMan Feb 2018 #1
Was she wearing six-inch "fuck me" pumps with it? TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #14
I have no idea, and don't care. MineralMan Feb 2018 #15
Right answer. TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #18
She was pretending to be a care-giver, despite her PJMcK Feb 2018 #19
Or it could be her spanking uniform... Rollo Feb 2018 #35
Every outfit she wears is weird and, somehow, inappropriate. Polly Hennessey Feb 2018 #2
She always gets bad advice about what to wear. I've thought for some time that enough Feb 2018 #21
Yes. I've always thought she had terrible taste, which RandomAccess Feb 2018 #26
She was a T&A model for low quality lad magazines and I think she had one ad- bettyellen Feb 2018 #30
Yeah shenmue Feb 2018 #29
Clueless. She had on a white sleeveless dress that i'm sure someone told her did not look hlthe2b Feb 2018 #3
That jacket looked like some sort of sports thing dhol82 Feb 2018 #6
It had sleeves but Phentex Feb 2018 #16
She always seems to be 'wearing' an outergarment draped over her shoulders. SeattleVet Feb 2018 #36
That did not look like any nursing uniform... 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #24
No one is saying it WAS an old time nursing uniform (which haven't been worn in decades, btw) hlthe2b Feb 2018 #42
She has no idea as to how to act like a First Lady. Ohiogal Feb 2018 #4
+1 jalan48 Feb 2018 #22
She has to be weird. She married tRump. lkinwi Feb 2018 #5
Nah, just a child from a poor background dhol82 Feb 2018 #7
Well, she has to take care of that drooling, incontinent vegetable of a smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #8
Maybe she was hoping to blend in so she could escape during shift change? EffieBlack Feb 2018 #9
Staaphh... HipChick Feb 2018 #10
DUzy! FSogol Feb 2018 #32
Agreed BlueDog22 Feb 2018 #11
To blend in with the other nurses so she can escape SummerSnow Feb 2018 #12
She looked like she was going to watch a tennis match. madaboutharry Feb 2018 #13
Maybe she has an affinity towards the character Elle Driver, in Kill Bill Vol. II TheBlackAdder Feb 2018 #17
... skylucy Feb 2018 #20
So she and Donald can play 'doctor' later? left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #23
The only way she'd play doctor with Gump John Fante Feb 2018 #31
She could neuter him. left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #43
... Ken Burch Feb 2018 #37
Years ago my best friend was a painter.Art not houses. And his choice of color was at times unique dembotoz Feb 2018 #25
Nurses generally wear scrubs these days, not white dresses, or uniforms w/ skirts... Princess Turandot Feb 2018 #27
So trump doesn't have to put on a military uniform. backtoblue Feb 2018 #28
it's all about her Skittles Feb 2018 #33
Don't know, don't care. Lifelong Protester Feb 2018 #34
Lol!! Was thinking same thing. "Servant, get me my Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2018 #38
Having money is no guarantee you have any fashion sense. Grammy23 Feb 2018 #39
Please provide a picture because in the news coverage I saw she looked fine. SharonClark Feb 2018 #40
I'm still not convinced Melania is his handler. CK_John Feb 2018 #41

enough

(13,262 posts)
21. She always gets bad advice about what to wear. I've thought for some time that
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:54 PM
Feb 2018

her advisors are being payed by someone other than herself. She is not being well served by her servants.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
26. Yes. I've always thought she had terrible taste, which
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:38 PM
Feb 2018

seemed odd for a model. And then I read somewhere that she wasn't that type of model -- wasn't a high fashion model.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
30. She was a T&A model for low quality lad magazines and I think she had one ad-
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:49 PM
Feb 2018

With Joe Camel leering over her.

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)
3. Clueless. She had on a white sleeveless dress that i'm sure someone told her did not look
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:12 PM
Feb 2018

appropriate for the solemness of the occasion (more like a sundress), so they stuck a black sweater/jacket around her shoulders. It certainly DID look like a nurses uniform from days past, but I'm sure that was probably beyond her (and her staff's) ability to imagine.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
6. That jacket looked like some sort of sports thing
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:15 PM
Feb 2018

She had it shrugged around her shoulders with sleeves hanging down.
Sorta kinda looked like a man’s jacket cause the sleeves were waaaay long. With banding at the cuff.
Just odd.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
16. It had sleeves but
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:42 PM
Feb 2018

I thought the same thing about the jacket. Someone suggested she look more solemn so they found a jacket. It looks much less stiff in videos than it does in pictures. She likes to wear white, that's for sure. I didn't think this look was as bad as some things she's worn. And before anybody says anything, my problem has never been about the way she looks in her clothes or even what she wears. It's more about the appropriateness of the look for the occasion. I have the same issue with Padma from Top Chef (a tv cooking show for those who don't watch tv).

SeattleVet

(5,479 posts)
36. She always seems to be 'wearing' an outergarment draped over her shoulders.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:47 PM
Feb 2018

Those things have sleeves. Arms go in them. WTF is going on with the whole 'wearing but not really *wearing* clothes' thing?

Doesn't she know how to put the various clothing items on? Does she also tie her stockings around her ankles?

3catwoman3

(24,051 posts)
24. That did not look like any nursing uniform...
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:25 PM
Feb 2018

...I've ever worn. No V-necks cut down to my cleavage.

The thing on top looks like a baseball jacket.

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)
42. No one is saying it WAS an old time nursing uniform (which haven't been worn in decades, btw)
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 08:41 AM
Feb 2018

Only that it gave the (somewhat jarring) appearance in the photos of her walking down the hall with white jacketed medical staff.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Well, she has to take care of that drooling, incontinent vegetable of a
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:17 PM
Feb 2018

husband so, technically, she is a nurse.

madaboutharry

(40,220 posts)
13. She looked like she was going to watch a tennis match.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 09:35 PM
Feb 2018

I think the problem is that there isn't a knowledgeable staff around to tell them what to do, they're winging it.

dembotoz

(16,835 posts)
25. Years ago my best friend was a painter.Art not houses. And his choice of color was at times unique
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:37 PM
Feb 2018

He would say he sees things differently than others do...
Trump's wife ain't from around here.
She follows her own taste.
Give her some slack it might be one of few areas not controlled by others.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
27. Nurses generally wear scrubs these days, not white dresses, or uniforms w/ skirts...
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:40 PM
Feb 2018

...they have in NYC, at least, for a few decades. Sometimes the tops are in a patterned print, rather than a solid color

backtoblue

(11,345 posts)
28. So trump doesn't have to put on a military uniform.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:42 PM
Feb 2018

It'd be too obvious, so Melania gets to play dress up instead.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
38. Lol!! Was thinking same thing. "Servant, get me my
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:56 PM
Feb 2018

Florence Nightingale outfit...we're going to a hospital"

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
39. Having money is no guarantee you have any fashion sense.
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 12:05 AM
Feb 2018

And just because Melania was a model doesn’t mean she knows jack about how to dress. She was just the rack that the clothes were draped over. She wore what she was told to wear. And then again, in some of her photo shoots she was not wearing clothes. So I am not sure where anyone got the idea she was some kind of fashion maven.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
40. Please provide a picture because in the news coverage I saw she looked fine.
Sun Feb 18, 2018, 12:16 AM
Feb 2018

Dark sweater over a light colored dress. What is the big deal?

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