Melania Trump wore a bright pink houndstooth coat while welcoming the Colombian president and his wife to the White House on Wednesday. But some people on Twitter are saying that it looks as if she was planning on staying inside, because her coat resembles a bathrobe.
The “First Lady” was hand-in-hand with her husband, Donald Trump, when she received a lot of comments about the $3,500 Fendi coat with mink cuffs (ugh).
CNN’s Kate Bennett, a former fashion editor, quickly identified the coat Melania was wearing:
OK, this is a good one. @FLOTUS [1] today appears to be wearing @Fendi [2]'s pink Princes of Wales plaid coat with mink fur cuff detail on sleeves. (Hi, I'm Kate.) pic.twitter.com/vLoQdOBi2N [3]
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) February 13, 2019 [4]
Some were furious over the estimated cost of the coat, calling it wasteful and pointing out that most Americans don’t earn that kind of money in a month. Despite this, the coat has sold out since Melania stepped out in it on Wednesday.
Twitter quickly gave their opinion:
Alas, it looks like she left the house in her bathrobe.
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) February 13, 2019 [5]
That was sarcasm, right? It looks like a bathrobe I had when I was 13. Is that real mink? They killed a mink to make that ugly AF garment?
— Barbara Anders (@banders03) February 13, 2019 [6]
I can’t believe minks died to be dyed pink and made to look like the trim on a child’s coat
— Hilary Tinerella (@HilaryTinerella) February 14, 2019 [7]
Just a question but why is Melania wearing a bathrobe? @FLOTUS [1]
— Eileen McCormac (@EileenMcCormac) February 13, 2019 [8]
I have never seen a more unhappy looking couple. Both look like they would rather be anyplace then posing there together.
— RPF (@RosePen89545720) February 14, 2019 [9]
$3,500 that’s my mortgage for 6 months. Its like she is rubbing our noses in her conspicuous wealth. Like, so there you minimum wage earner, take that! Look at my pepto bismal colored coat, it’s hideous I know , but it’s Fendi ….
— Mar (@VicarsMary) February 14, 2019 [10]
I'm disappointed by her choices lately. This has a bathrobe look to it. A mink-trimmed bathrobe. Has a very strong Zsa Zsa Gabor feel.
— Denise (@DeniseTut) February 13, 2019 [11]