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upcoming move to Manhattan and occasional cameo appearances in D.C.
https://wwd.com/pop-culture/celebrity-news/melania-trump-versace-dress-mar-a-lago-new-years-party-1236786586/

Ocelot II
(123,904 posts)
Meow.
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,550 posts)
Has to suck to be her.
Meadowoak
(6,443 posts)niyad
(122,946 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,762 posts)niyad
(122,946 posts)I see looks swollen above the knee cap.
AloeVera
(2,410 posts)It's what happens. My slim knees are long gone too. Aging is harder on women. I almost feel bad for her, then remember who she is.
about swollen knees, hands, feet, elbows. I have had rheumatoid arthritis since I was nine years old. I pretty much have never worn high heels in my life because of it. I see these women in really high heels and think to myself, you are going to be sorry later in life.
AloeVera
(2,410 posts)Pretty much my whole family suffers from arthritis too. Only my Mom has rheumatoid arthritis, the rest were "lucky" with osteo. She's 87 and still bakes with her arthritic hands, standing on her arthritic feet and knees. But most of us weren't struck until middle age. I was one of the stupid ones wearing high heels, I'm now embarrassed to say. But I soon learned quick.
Nine years old is so young...
Mossfern
(3,651 posts)and not dressing appropriately. The new kidneys make her look matronly too. Notice the skin on her arms have lost elasticity too. The tight skin on her chest and face don't match the rest of her.
Not being catty, just observant. I'm way beyond her age and have long ago made the accommodating changes in my wardrobe.
It's time for her to dress more modestly.
Ocelot II
(123,904 posts)There's no shame in aging, but it's quite possible to look beautiful and glamorous without calling attention to all your lumps and sags and wrinkles, which at some point not even plastic surgery and new "kidneys" can improve. Jill Biden, for example, looks great without hanging her boobs out like she's at Mardi Gras.
appleannie1
(5,241 posts)I used to wear shorts in summer. I now wear capri length. I only have a couple dresses, for special occasions. All come below the knee and are flowy instead of tight. I quit wearing skinny, real high heels years ago. And I have received compliments from strangers.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,440 posts)niyad
(122,946 posts)something that does not look like it came off a rack at a thrift store.
malaise
(282,336 posts)Please please please
Ocelot II
(123,904 posts)And yet, zombie-like, he still walks the Earth...
he's been eating crap for many years, please proceed.
chicoescuela
(1,924 posts)madaboutharry
(41,792 posts)Imagine the apoplexy if she showed up somewhere with a boob hanging out!
BComplex
(9,331 posts)Trump looks totally gross.
fierywoman
(8,254 posts)
dalton99a
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LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)She must still be nursing Barron..
chia
(2,519 posts)Meowmee
(8,161 posts)travelingthrulife
(1,921 posts)So classy!
Ocelot II
(123,904 posts)that caused such a scandal at the Superbowl awhile back. Looks like a bit of nip there.
bamagal62
(3,851 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,613 posts)milestogo
(20,079 posts)include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, constipation, upset stomach, heartburn, burping, gas, bloating, loss of appetite, runny nose or sore throat, stomach flu symptoms or headache, dizziness, tiredness and low blood sugar.
Skittles
(162,983 posts)tired, old look from losing weight too fast
Historic NY
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spooky3
(37,250 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(177,444 posts)looking at drumpf gives me most of those symptoms.
BComplex
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Bengus81
(8,470 posts)weight on that shit.
yourout
(8,332 posts)2 days a week of throwing up with diarrhea.
Now going to have to stop that for the same reasons.
Probably gastroparesis made worse by GLP-1s but either way I have to do something different.
biophile
(678 posts)Hes definitely lost weight and we all know he has no self control. Plus he has that haggard Ozempic-look face
Tanuki
(15,741 posts)that RFK and Melania were "encouraging him to eat a healthier diet." There's no way he'd listen to them, but he wanted a plausible explanation for the pounds melting off.
keep_left
(2,806 posts)...if he didn't lose significant weight, he wouldn't survive another term. And we know that his diet is still atrocious based on this recent picture. (I've heard that Ozempic makes such food unpalatable, but he's clearly still wolfing down the Micky D's--at least occasionally).
mainer
(12,318 posts)It certainly looks like you're right.
he has "muskrat" disease.
DaBronx
(667 posts)Throw up
milestogo
(20,079 posts)Deuxcents
(21,560 posts)bdamomma
(67,821 posts)what her fee is to be with the felon?
Figarosmom
(4,966 posts)That he looks miserable
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Walleye
(39,206 posts)BigMin28
(1,641 posts)In that dress and the secrets out.
Walleye
(39,206 posts)eppur_se_muova
(38,665 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 3, 2025, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)
"One more struggle", wrote a critic in Le Figaro, "and the lady will be free".
Sargent later painted the strap in its current position; originally, it had been shown slipping down her shoulder.
Sanity Claws
(22,150 posts)That painting destroyed the woman's reputation.
Tanuki
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BigMin28
(1,641 posts)And they still can't buy clothes that fit properly. Sad.
Hugin
(35,950 posts)Shell get the other if she sticks it out for four more years.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)She can only afford one store bought boob at a time.
Hugin
(35,950 posts)Id like to attribute it to our highly attuned sense of observation and induction. But, its pretty obvious.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)Hugin
(35,950 posts)Its Mellys choice of wardrobe (if shes even allowed to, Id guess its part of the transaction for her showing up.) and how the fabric falls on the shelf. Its obvious that the kidneys dont match.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)And yes something is off about that plastic surgery job.
Tanuki
(15,741 posts)a golden medallion clasp of the famed snake-haired Gorgon at the exposed shoulder. Maybe she is signaling her husband that if he so much as looks at her he will be turned to stone!
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)She is wearing the Medusa gown for a reason.
Yes probably a warning to her hated husband.
Retrograde
(11,013 posts)I don't know if it's ignorance or she just doesn't care, but for someone who was supposedly a top-rung runway model she just doesn't look comfortable in anything she wears. Her outfits aren't tailored to her figure, they emphasize her short waist, they don't fit in places. For someone married to a billionaire (and who reportedly has millions of her own) she dresses like someone shopping the discount racks at TJ Maxx. A bigger problem than her clothes (she writes, sitting here wearing an old t-shirt and comfy old-lady pants - at least I've had some exposure to couture sewing) is her apparent love of plastic surgery - there's no smile in her eyes, and she usually looks like she's smelling something bad.
Asymetric styles are particularly hard to wear if you're mostly plastic - they need some vivacity and movement to make them look other than silly.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)It is possible she only wears freebie loaners from the designers
and has to return them, so she cannot get them altered.
She is merching the gowns for the designer.
This is not uncommon in the wealthy, but cheap set.
Or celebrities who are not as wealthy as they want us to believe.
Or she just doesn't care and does not get her clothing properly tailored.
She was the kind of "model" more interested in taking off her clothes, not putting them on.
There is not much she can do now about the short waist problem.
When you have a short waist and then add huge breasts, you no longer have a torso.
It is all boobage. That is why women get a breast reduction, to give them balance and a torso area.
I find the Trump women and plastic surgery to be quite sad.
They all have the same look. Huge breasts, distorted facial features, huge lips, tons of long hair extensions.
It is really scary.
Laura Loomer and Kim Guilfoyle are good examples. They were actually pretty women before they disfigured
themselves with all the plastic surgery.
sure the Russian public are laughing their heads off.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)Both of them insist on the high dignity of their office and demand total respect and reverence.
So they install into the WH a complete buffoon and sex worker who parades around half naked.
Xi and Putin are making the US into a laughing stock.
magicarpet
(17,877 posts)... New Year's eve gown. Might just as well inject the silicone in the right one being that it is so front and center and out in the open for all to see.
The left one can be blown up like a balloon when the grifting proceeds from trDUMP 2.0 start flowing in more generously.
With all thems legal fees,... finances at the trDUMP household are a bit tight presently.
Besides don-OLD's eye is wandering in the direction of Ms. Loomer. Might be time for a trade in - upgrade for Daddy.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)But I don't think Melania gives a damn who Trump sleeps with.
Ha that is an idea. Inflatable boobs.
viva la
(4,017 posts)They look like they had a massive argument about 10 minutes earlier.
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Traildogbob
(10,842 posts)Has not peed in a month or more. They may need Catheterized.
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UTUSN
(73,674 posts)CentralMass
(16,090 posts)3catwoman3
(26,447 posts)Even with the most industrial strength push up bra, real breasts dont have sharp edges like that. Makes me think of the old Lays potato chip commercial - Ruffles have ridges. Ruffles do, but breasts dont.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)Where in the body kidneys are located. They are several inches below where your eyes are fixated.
AZJonnie
(604 posts)Also, I'm thinking a soft-core porn participant like Melania got the giant fake boobs installed and then wore this outfit because she's fine with people ogling her decolletage, but maybe that's just me.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)That a lot.
AZJonnie
(604 posts)Not something I could personally do, so keep up the good work
StarryNite
(11,442 posts)Takket
(22,928 posts)onethatcares
(16,738 posts)for a while during the first term. She came back with a new rack and the msm reported she had a kidney op of some type. You could also google "N.E. Patriots/Bill Belechick/Tom Brady/under/over inflation.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)sop
(13,364 posts)as she undergoes all kinds of cosmetic procedures to avoid the ravages of time. This won't be a rerun of the Camelot years.
GoCubsGo
(33,673 posts)Although, I don't think she had more "kidney" surgery. At her age, she's likely in the throes of menopause. She looks bigger all around, and like many women, The Change isn't being kind to her waistline. I say that as someone whose boobs (and hips) got bigger than they already were when I went through it. Good thing she said she'll be spending all of her time in NYC, where nobody can see it.
AZJonnie
(604 posts)But I don't think there is enough remaining for such a dramatic change from natural causes. Safer bet that she sized up at the surgeon, IMHO.
gawd. She looks uglier with every picture.
Botany
(73,682 posts)President Vance here we come.
Ocelot II
(123,904 posts)We keep thinking he's going to drop over dead because he looks so terrible, eats junk and doesn't exercise, but maybe that's already happened and he's become a zombie?
Vinca
(51,824 posts)Do kidneys have nipples because if they do one is perilously close to popping out.
Tanuki
(15,741 posts)when Taylor Swift sported it recently, and I Iike Taylor.
Ritabert
(974 posts)Ilsa
(62,650 posts)
I don't care for that look of one breast being jacked up and the other one cupped in a tight bodice. Taylor Swift's dress is ugly, IMO. Malignia's dress looks like two dresses sewn together.
CTyankee
(65,896 posts)Nixie
(17,578 posts)and I saw it, too. She has a reptile face. Very harsh features. Its like a reptile tongue will come slithering out.
allegorical oracle
(4,440 posts)Tanuki
(15,741 posts)what kind of get-up she'll wear if she makes an official visit to Africa in the next four years!
Tanuki
(15,741 posts)when she traveled to Africa in the first Trump administration
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/a23657403/melania-trump-africa-clothes-style/
..."Take the pith helmet. Thats a hat with a historya violent, racist history. It was widely worn by European colonial armies in Africa and Asia and by the end of the 19th century had also become common civilian wear for Westerners in the tropics; it is considered by many a symbol of colonial oppression. Why, one cant help but wonder, would the first lady of the United States want to lift up that rock?
...
I'll start with her Im off to Africa departure outfit, in which she disembarked from her SUV at the Andrews Airforce Base in Maryland and headed for her plane. Her stilettos were leopard print, her skirt leather, her coat suede, in a warm ocher color that would have blended nicely with the red-earth airstrips of the African bush. Leopard print, animal skins, semi-safari colorswhy these sartorial clichés?
It was an excellent outfit for many occasions except, in my opinion, when youre off on a diplomatic mission to the African continent, and to countries, moreover, as diverse as Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt.
Africa, writ large, is not safari land. It is reductive to exoticize it that way. It has vibrant and varied cities, where increasingly the majority of the continents immense population lives. It has its problems for sure, but also rich and exciting contemporary art, music, food, and fashion scenes and cultures."... (more)
area51
(12,268 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,622 posts)Gross
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iemanja
(55,741 posts)For people to reveal their views about women.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)iemanja
(55,741 posts)and all the other epithets thrown in this thread. People think it's okay because she is a Republican, but would you be calling a black Republican the N word? I think not. Women are fair game for every insult under the sun, and it reveals how people think of women in general, not just Melania. And they wonder why we can't get a woman elected president.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)Its looks like people just tng off on Melanoma. I dont see anyone else mentioned.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)It's the same thing. She is a woman, and the insults are about women. I won't apologize for thinking about the obvious.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)
As long as were talking about things that are obvious
Women voted for Trump too.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)Some women may have no problem with calling out melanoma in ways you may not approve of. I dont think that makes them terrible people.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)Not all women do. Some women regularly defend rapists, sexual assailants, and molesters, particularly if the perps are Democrats. I don't share the view that equal rights apply only to people I happen to agree with politically. I believe to do so is to abandon equal rights. Obviously, many disagree with me. I believe them to be wrong. You would seem to be among them, but why you are seeking my permission for your behavior, I have no idea.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)I'm saying you're worried about niceties while these people are dismantling our democracy, which is of course quite silly. I'll continue to call these people whatever I want.
Mossfern
(3,651 posts)This may have been addressed further down the thread, but -
I am a survivor of a horrible and violent rape and just by mere chance got away with my life. Being that it was in the early 1970's, the police and others (including my parents!) thought that somehow I was culpable.
For heaven's sake I was in the shower in my own home with the doors locked!!! Even had a police lock engaged on my front door.
Think the shower scene in Psycho.
That being said, I have absolutely NO ISSUE with calling Melania a skank.
I do consider myself somewhat of a feminist, but I gotta call them as I see them.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)and that rape culture ensured the rapist wasn't punished.
I disagree with you about insulting Republican women. Republicans feel entitled to insult Democrats, and Democrats feel entitled to insult Republicans. That means that no women are treated justly. Their dress is given as an excuse for ogling them and that follows that other behavior would likewise be so justified.
You have defended a scenario in which no women have equal rights, and the fact one disagrees with them justifies making misogynist comments. That is not the world I want to live in, but alas I know that I have no choice given prevailing views.
A great many people have an interest in keeping women subjugated, so we are. How a woman dresses is given as an excuse for rape. Contempt for women from both sides of the isle ensure a woman can't be president and that passing the ERA never happens. So you defend insulting half the nation with sexist comments, while the other half defends the same toward you and me. Is that really the circumstances under which you want women to exist?
Mossfern
(3,651 posts)it's contempt for a particular woman.
I have no contempt for her because she's a woman.
I'm capable of having contempt for particular men as well, but not all men.
The way Melania is dressed for the occasion shows no respect for the office or the people whom her husband is about to be charged with serving. As for calling her a skank ... well, she fits the description. What do you think she was doing in Jeffrey Epstein's circle?
That doesn't mean that I believe that she should be a target of sexual assault
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BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)iemanja
(55,741 posts)that is the same as calling a woman a "skank"? I disagree. It's not something I myself do because I find it childish, but your suggestion that it is the same is off base.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)What if someone suffering from carotenemia is hurt or offended? What if there are obese people offended by constant weight jokes about Trump? Im just saying one should be consistent. Its okay to make those comments, but pointing out Melenoma is trashy is not, apparently.
And to be clear, Im in the no boundaries camp when it comes to describing people actively trying to destroy our country, our rights etc. if people want to police the terminology in light of that, thats on them but one should not expect others to do the same.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)to display utter hatred based on gender. That is because white men are not oppressed or marginalized. I'm not interested in your excuses for why people should be able to insult women.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)Couldn't help but notice you either did not, or were unable to address my point, though.
BannonsLiver
(19,017 posts)So you're fine with making comments about weight and other things when it's a man involved, but criticizing melanoma is off-limits. Got it.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)Because I don't give a shit. I make comments about their character and policies.
It's hardly a gotcha point. It's a point in which you whine about how hard men have it, that insulting women as skanks, whores, and sluts is exactly the same as commenting about a man's weight. I understand you feel terribly oppressed as a man and consider that oppression comparable to women. It is not. White men have all the privilege in the world.
Ocelot II
(123,904 posts)iemanja
(55,741 posts)And I find the obsession with it to be unfortunate. I don't care if they wear a burka or a bikini, as long as it's of their own choosing. People objected to Republicans commenting on Michelle Obama's arms, so they decided to do worse. I can't control who they are. My influence is limited to myself.
Retrograde
(11,013 posts)Haute couture as it was practiced by the older Parisian fashion houses was a very laborious and time-consuming niche, aimed at those who could afford the trips to Paris to be measured and fitted for that year's models. And they tended to be women in their middle ages and older, since they were the ones who could afford it. It entailed a lot of handwork - I subscribe to a magazine called Threads, aimed at home sewers: each issue features a garment from the 1960s or earlier that shows how much attention to detail was paid to high-end (and sometimes medium-end) fashion. Eventually the styles trickled down to more ordinary women, often with cheaper fabrics and trimmings.
The fashion industry is following the same trend as other luxury class goods: it's becoming commodified. It's disposable. It's aimed at younger people. But a woman with clout, like the wife of a former US president and current president-elect, should be able to get a fashion house to do something custom for her that would flatter and actually fit. I didn't like all of their choices, but Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and others going back as far as I can remember managed to look fashionable, comfortable, and appropriate at official functions. But I don't think Melania cares.
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)The fact she is a porn model and sex worker who lied on her visa is not the issue.
That she is a First Lady who pretends to be better than other women but prances around half naked
flaunting herself with store bought huge boobs is also not the issue.
The fact she hates the US, hates Americans and has to be paid to show up for any official
events is also not the issue.
Or the fact she hates the US so much she tore up Jackie Kennedy's famous Rose Garden and installed
concrete over it is also not the issue. Or put up blood red Halloween decorations at Christmas time
in the WH as a big FU to Americans is also not the issue.
The fact she is part of destroying our country, killing Americans, and ending our democracy is the issue.
We are in fact being kind to her.
What we would like to say to her and about her is much worse than we can print.
iemanja
(55,741 posts)without resulting to sexist insults. People express themselves in ways that reveal who they are. That applies as much to me as anyone.
thebigidea
(13,489 posts)have some fucking TASTE, people
Irish_Dem
(67,009 posts)Ping Tung
(1,955 posts)MAGASwoon
Autumn
(47,619 posts)At least till she gets the other done.
Unladen Swallow
(491 posts)have been beautiful in their own unique ways.
jmowreader
(52,053 posts)I support throwing Trump in a concrete box for the rest of his days and even I'm worried about him. He looks extremely ill, his skin problems have advanced to the point where he's going to have to upgrade from makeup to house paint to cover them up, and his wife looks even more pissed with him than she normally is. She didn't like living in the White House the last time he made her do it, and now she has to go back?
orleans
(35,824 posts)GoodRaisin
(10,038 posts)placed on a smaller body.