Jill Biden made an unexpected appearance at the Grammys this weekend, where she wore a frumpy, 1980s-esque gold floral gown. Not only was the design outdated and aging, but we’ve seen it before. The first lady wore the exact same Oscar de la Renta dress in black back in December for a state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron.
It doesn’t matter that Jill Biden looked like she was wrapped in aluminum foil or that she wore the same dress two months ago, the media used the Grammys as another opportunity to excessively fawn over the first lady. “Jill Biden shines at the Grammys,” wrote The New York Times, likening her dress to “the gleam of Lizzo’s smile” (whatever that means). “It was blinding, and so beautiful,” declared The Philadelphia Inquirer. A “brilliant frock,” wrote Vogue.com. “Stunning,” concurred InStyle, adding that she “nailed the dress code.”
This is “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in real-time. No serious critic of fashion would look at Jill Biden’s antiquated dress and declare it “stunning” and “beautiful,” Yet that’s exactly what the corporate media and fashion industry have done.
Artistic standards have been replaced with a social justice litmus tests, forcing the fashion industry to become entirely politicized. The greatest example of how corporate fashion has become style-blind is its treatment of former First Lady Melania Trump. We’re seriously being told that Jill Biden, in frocks that look like they’re picked out of the grandma section at Target, is somehow more fashion-forward than Melania Trump? Please.
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