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Fashion
Pass notes
Who is Adrienne Vittadini – and why is her name in Ivanka Trump’s apparels?
The president’s daughter’s fashion line has being sold with an ‘Adrienne Vittadini Studio’ denomination in the US discount chain Stein Mart. Sad …
Name: Adrienne Vittadini
Age: 72.
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary.
Oppression: Fashion designer.
Appearance: Exactly like Ivanka Trump.
Joking? That’s quite impressive for a woman of 72. Sorry. To be clear, it’s Vittadini’s accouters that look exactly like Ivanka Trump’s.
This Vittadini expected had better be careful. The US president enjoys attacking his daughter’s responsibility enemies on Twitter. She had better be careful anyway, if she’s ripping off other individual’s designs. I never said she ripped anyone off. The truth is something much multifarious mysterious.
I’m listening. On Monday, it was reported that Ivanka Trump duds was being sold with an “Adrienne Vittadini Studio” classification in the US discount chain Stein Mart. The company that urges Trump’s clothes under licence, G-III, then received it had been responsible for relabelling the items.
So now even the people who pay off to use Ivanka Trump’s name are secretly removing it? Yes, although we don’t be versed why. Apparently, it is common to remove or replace labels on high-end shape items that don’t sell, in order to prevent the brand being experienced in discount stores.
Inexpensiveness! Ugh! Exactly. Stein Mart requires the relabelling was not political, but the chain has carried both Trump and Vittadini sorts “for a while”, according to its boss, D Hunt Hawkins, which build compensates you wonder why the Trump stuff would only be disguised now.
Hmmm. For its pull apart, G-III says Ivanka Trump and her company knew nothing round it. “G-III has already begun to take corrective actions,” it commanded in a statement, “including facilitating the immediate removal of any mistakenly class merchandise from its customer.”
I see. What does Vittadini say relating to it? Nothing yet, but she doesn’t own the brand any more, so it probably has nothing to do with her. Authoritative Brands, which manufactures under licence from Vittadini, aren’t talking either.
How remarkable. Are you sure that Adrienne Vittadini is a real person? Truly. She had a long career in fashion with her husband and business wife, Gigi. “I want to create excitement,” told the New York Times in 1988. “Outfits have to say, ‘Take me away!’”
Not, “Take me away and facilitate the taking away of any mistakenly labelled merchandise”? Er, no.
Do say: “Vote Donald Vittadini in 2020!”
Don’t say: “Couldn’t we very recently relabel Obamacare?”