fashion notes

The 94th Academy Awards were anything but a bore this year, and neither was the red carpet. In this Fashion Notes, I break down my best and worst dressed for the evening.

The 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards was a real snooze, a showcase in self-absorbed snobbery from some of Hollywood most smug elites. Luckily, we’re ignoring that here and just judging the fashion on the red carpet.

For four years running, an annual chorus of unfounded criticism beat like a drum over former First Lady Melania Trump’s Christmas decor. Now, it’s First Lady Jill Biden’s turn, but where have all the critics gone?

For her first public appearance since leaving the White House, former First Lady Melania Trump wore one of her wardrobe favorites — a Burberry trench coat with a fresh, elongated manicure. 

Director Ryan Murphy’s Impeachment: American Crime Story on FX premiered last week, serving up a delicious opening for a scandal that has all the right aesthetics.

The 2021 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its latest exhibit on Monday evening, “Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion.” With that said, one would think there’d be tons of homage and iconography dedicated to the

Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, arrived at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seemingly on Monday channeling a menstrual cycle and donning a unibrow.

Vogue magazine, which refused to profile First Lady (and former supermodel) Melania Trump throughout four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, published a lavish puff piece on President Joe Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, Monday.

We’re less than six months into Jill Biden as First Lady, and yet it feels as though we’ve already seen everything we’re going to see over the next four years in terms of fashion. In short, very little.

The 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday evening brought back, at least somewhat, the red carpet after an award’s season that was crushed by little-to-no red carpets, lame socially-distanced stage settings, and unwatchable acceptance speeches over Zoom.

Lana Del Rey’s latest album, titled Chemtrails Over the Country Club, is perhaps the first post-pandemic reflection of life in organized, often coercive, isolationism and the longing for escape. 

The arrivals at the 63rd Grammy Awards were a bit of a bust, mostly because the coronavirus crisis virtue signalers have crushed the best part of these events — the red carpet.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, dropped bombshells on Buckingham Palace when they sought to reclaim the narrative surrounding their reported feuds and scandal with the British Royal Family.

Former First Lady Melania Trump channeled a kind of relaxed, poolside tranquility as she landed in Palm Beach, Florida, after departing the White House for the final time on Wednesday.

The fashion at President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday brought a series of clashing color combinations and a lack of cohesion from most of the day’s leading ladies. 

First Lady Melania Trump waved au revoir to the White House on Wednesday morning in a jet black ensemble mimicking the late fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, former creative director of Chanel.

It is 9 days before Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) becomes the first female Vice President in United States history. Her cover for American Vogue’s February issue could have reflected the historic nature of this year’s presidential transition of power. But instead, it is the tired postmodernism long foisted on the culture.

First Lady Melania Trump returned to the White House alongside President Trump on New Year’s Eve in an oversized look that mimics the out-of-proportion ensembles gracing the Parisian runways these last few seasons. 

First Lady Melania Trump is bringing the magic of Christmas in an appropriately-themed holiday ensemble while at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.

First Lady Melania Trump wished Americans a Merry Christmas, alongside President Trump, in a bold blazer that fits uniquely into her recent parade of black and white ensembles. 

First Lady Melania Trump departed the White House for Palm Beach, Florida on Wednesday in a sleek ensemble with knockout thigh-high leather boots. 

First Lady Melania Trump posed for the official White House Christmas photo in a luxe tuxedo that evokes her fierce style that she has made a signature. 

First Lady Melania Trump visited children at the Children’s National Hospital for her annual Christmas season visit, bringing back an old fashion favorite. 

First Lady Melania Trump brought the Christmas spirit to children at the annual United States Marine “Toys for Tots” event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. 

First Lady Melania Trump departed the White House and arrived in Georgia on Saturday evening in a red hot look featuring leather and animal print. 

First Lady Melania Trump unveiled this year’s White House Christmas decorations, patriotically themed “America the Beautiful,” donning a luxe ensemble that mimicked the decor’s regal tones. 

First Lady Melania Trump chose a look with a variety of textures for the annual presidential turkey pardoning ahead of Thanksgiving. 

First Lady Melania Trump is ready for the holiday season, stepping out of the White House in a look straight from the Paris, France runways. 

First Lady Melania Trump could have been headed to the opening of a new gallery in a bold black and white ensemble she wore on Saturday at the White House. 

First Lady Melania Trump cast her vote in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday in a look that shouted glamour with European, high fashion luxury. 

First Lady Melania Trump is rallying the swing state troops for her husband’s re-election bid in the final days of the campaign, wearing military-inspired coats to weather the autumn cold. 

First Lady Melania Trump joined President Trump on the campaign trail in Tampa, Florida, on Thursday in a leopard ensemble that had the crowd roaring.

First Lady Melania Trump hit the campaign trail for her husband, President Trump, with a stop in Pennsylvania on Tuesday where she donned an affordable military-esque trench coat.

First Lady Melania Trump attended the swearing-in ceremony of United States Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, donning a herringbone skirt suit ripped from the Milan runway. 

First Lady Melania Trump celebrated Halloween at the White House in an orange suede coat and metallic bronze stilettos.

First Lady Melania Trump emerged from quarantine at the White House on Thursday, stepping out in a chic black ensemble for the final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee. 

First Lady Melania Trump suited up for her husband’s first presidential debate this election cycle, choosing a sharp ensemble that evokes a return to classics. 

First Lady Melania Trump chose a dress in the shared colors of the United States and Israel to welcome the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara to the White House.

When it comes to fashion, First Lady Melania Trump loves her ivories, chiffons, creams, and stark whites.

First Lady Melania Trump made a shocking color choice for the final night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), channeling an electric elegance that she has yet to do during her time in the East Wing.