Looks like someone got a kidney tune-up ahead of her

[Tanuki]

74. Her offensive, tone-deaf "colonialist chic" was bad enough

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. That’s a hat with a history—a 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 can’t help but wonder, would the first lady of the United States want to lift up that rock?
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I'll start with her “I’m 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 colors—why these sartorial clichés?
It was an excellent outfit for many occasions except, in my opinion, when you’re 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 continent’s immense population lives. It has its problems for sure, but also rich and exciting contemporary art, music, food, and fashion scenes and cultures."... (more)