Melania Trump's white pantsuit raises eyebrows and suspicions

Melania Trump wore an eye-catching white pantsuit in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, as her husband spoke his first words to the nation as its president-elect. Some people, though, think Trump's choice of clothes was more than just elegant attire for an incoming first lady — as Bre Payton hypothesizes for The Federalist, the get-up was instead "A+ fashion trolling."

Embed from Getty Images

Iframe Code

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

Trump's $4,000 Ralph Lauren number was allegedly a dig at Hillary Clinton's own choice to wear white pantsuits in the run-up to Election Day as a tribute to the suffragettes and mark of her historic campaign. "OKAY, WE GET IT," The Federalist screamed. "Hillary Clinton is a woman. She is was running for president. And she is wearing white to clap back at all those sexist jerks who didn't let women vote back in the day. Melania Trump turned this faux-feminist narrative on its head by reminding us all that women can wear white, look good, and vote for whoever the hell they want."

Trump has been accused of subtle fashion jabs before, such as when she wore a "pussy bow" blouse in the wake of her husband's lewd comments about grabbing women by the genitals.