JAKARTA - Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep has again alluded to the controversial jacket that Melania Trump wore in 2018. According to Streep, the outfit was actually the most powerful message the US first lady had ever sent.
Quoted from HuffPost, Thursday, April 9, the statement appeared in a Vogue interview published Wednesday to promote the film "The Devil Wears Prada 2". In the interview, former Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour was asked about how women should dress to show power. Wintour then mentioned several public women who were considered able to show their identity through fashion, including Michelle Obama, Rama Duwaji, and Melania Trump.
"To be honest, Melania Trump also always looks like herself when she dresses," Wintour said.
The comment provoked a response from Streep. He remembered the jacket that read "I Really Don't Care, Do U?" which Melania wore when visiting migrant children who were detained.
"I think the most powerful message our current first lady is sending is through the coat that says 'I Really Don't Care, Do U?'," Streep said.
Streep then added that clothes are indeed a way for someone to express themselves, but fashion choices are always within the flow of larger historical and political expectations.
Melania previously defended the jacket. To ABC News, he said the writing was aimed at "left-wing people and media who criticize me", not at migrant children.
In the same interview, Streep also highlighted the standards imposed on powerful women. She said that women on television were often required to appear with open arms, while men remained covered with shirts, ties, or suits.
According to Streep, there is a kind of demand that women remain small and not threatening, even when they hold power.
The same article also contains comments from Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of California Governor Gavin Newsom who prefers to be called California's first partner. He alluded to two conservative figures, Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi, who he said had held great power before losing their positions. Newsom assessed that there was a pattern when women were appointed as long as they served the agenda that limited women's rights and autonomy.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
