Meryl Streep Shares Her Thoughts on Melania Trump's Controversial 'I Really Don't Care' Jacket
Meryl Streep shares her thoughts on Melania Trump‘s fashion sense.
The three-time Oscar winner is busy promoting The Devil Wears Prada 2 and was recently on the cover of Vogue alongside former editor-in-chief and current editorial director Anna Wintour.
They attended a conversation moderated by Greta Gerwig, discussing topics like how women in power are meant to dress, per People.
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Speaking of the first lady, Meryl said she had “so many thoughts about this,” and believes “the most powerful message that our current first lady sent was in the coat that said ‘I Really Don’t Care, Do U?’ when she was going to see migrant children who were incarcerated.”
“All dress is about expressing yourself, but we’re also subject to larger historical and political sweeps of expectation,” she added.
Aside from Melania, she said she was “stunned at how women in power have to have bare arms on television while men are covered in shirts and ties or a suit. There’s an apology built into women. They have to show their smallness.”
Later in their conversation, Anna talked about how she does not believe wearing a “power suit” to the office “is in any way necessary.”
“Think about the women that one admires: Mrs. [Michelle] Obama comes to mind. Whether she’s wearing J.Crew or Duro Olowu or Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel, she always looks like herself. I’m full of admiration for New York City’s new first lady because she looks so cool and wears a lot of vintage—young and modern and also entirely herself,” she continued, adding, “To be fair, Melania Trump also always looks like herself when she dresses.”
Check out more of Anna and Meryl‘s conversation from Vogue here!