Usha Vance pokes fun at 'political significance' of maternity dress
Key takeaways
- The article s author, chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman, wrote that the women had created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House s family and fertility platform.
- Vance later shared a receipt showing that the coral Old Navy maternity dress featured in the article only cost $8.75 after markdowns and coupons.
- America: meet your next director of the federal budget! her husband, Vice President Vance wrote on social media jokingly.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Now that we know the political significance of my $8.75 coral maternity dress from Old Navy, can t wait to hear what the New York Times has to say about my elastic-waistband pants and compression socks! the second lady wrote Thursday in a post on social media.
She was responding to a story titled The Politics and Power of the Pregnancy Image, which discussed how the pregnancies of Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller s wife, Katie Miller, helped create a public image centered on family and motherhood in the administration.
The article s author, chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman, wrote that the women had created a notably consistent, and somewhat paradigm-shifting, picture of the White House s family and fertility platform.