‘Interesting choice’: Ivanka Trump’s outfit at father’s victory speech raises eyebrows
Ivanka Trump stepped back from politics years ago, but was front and (sort of) center Tuesday night.
The former first daughter joined president elect Donald Trump on stage at the Palm Beach County Convention Center for his victory speech, along with a few other family members.
Despite the fact that the 43 year old looked absolutely stunning in a blue velvet pant suit, a few folks were left wondering why she chose that color.
Just the day before, Ivanka mentioned nothing about her father’s campaign, just imparting 17 life lessons she’s picked up along the way.
In an X user’s post showing various angles of the two piece outfit, commenters were scratching their online heads.
“An interesting choice.”
“We see you girl. Smile if you need help.”
“Of all the colors… why blue?”
If she wanted to celebrate the Republican’s second win, why not wear red to match her father’s tie — and party?
Granted, other women on the podium didn’t follow a standard dress code, either. First lady to be (again) Melania Trump donned gray, while vice president elect JD Vance’s wife Usha Vance, had on black, as did No. 47’s daughter in law Lara Trump. (Jr’s fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle, seemed to be the only one up there in team colors.)
Still, blue is kind of the Democrats’ thing as we all know from watching those maps showing who took each state on election night.
The color scheme to denote candidates is somewhat new. Though combinations were toyed around with for years during multiple elections, the polarizing hues reportedly officially started during the 2000 presidential race.
During the match-up between George W. Bush (R) and Al Gore (D), both USA Today and the New York Times started publishing an election map in color.
Archie Tse, senior graphics editor at the Times told The Verge in 2012 that red was designated because the word started with the letter “R,” as in Republican.
“It was a more natural association,” Tse told the outlet.
These days, the two colors are as common as donkeys and elephants in telling the parties apart, but that’s a whole other article.
As for Ivanka? Perhaps the Miami Beach resident innocently loved the cobalt get-up, and realized how smashing she looked.
Because if we are trying to figure out if messages are being subliminally sent via fashion, we’d have to look at what Jill Biden wore to the polls on Tuesday.
The first lady’s pantsuit was tomato red, top to bottom.
This story was originally published November 6, 2024 at 3:17 PM.
