The
bare legs of Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump, President Donald Trump's
only daughters, have caused an international uproar this month because
in 2017 women's hemlines still make headlines across the globe.
"Forget
something? Tiffany Trump puts her bare legs on full display in a very
short coat and heels, as she joins her sister Ivanka to watch their dad
pardon the National Thanksgiving Turkey," wrote the Daily Mail Tuesday after the president's youngest daughter attended a White House turkey pardoning event without wearing tights or pants.
Hollywood
Life offered Tiffany Trump fashion and beauty advice in its critique of
the first daughter's choices. "Even though it was chilly coat
weather in Washington D.C., First Daughter Tiffany Trump, 24, decided to
turn heads by baring her long legs in a super short mini-dress and
equally short red jacket. While her older sister Ivanka, 36, also wore a
short skirt, she added warm black tights to her autumnal look. Tiffany
on the other hand went with much more summery bare legs, showing them
off from her thigh all the way down to her black high heels. It is
November, so her very unseasonal wardrobe choice was a little confusing.
She could definitely have used a trip to a spray tan salon if she was
going to show so much late-autumn pale leg," the site wrote.
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Ivanka
Trump sparked a similar fuss earlier this month while touring Japan
ahead of her father's 11-day tour of Asia. "Ivanka Trump dons bright
pink miniskirt for Japan speech: Chic or inappropriate?" wrote the Bay
Area News Group.
Yahoo
News blamed the controversy on the Twitter users. The site wrote: "The
Japanese have been huge fans of Ivanka Trump‘s style, but the miniskirt
she wore to a women’s conference in Tokyo may have changed that. Wearing
a $1,960, bubble-gum pink Miu Miu crepe jacket with a matching
miniskirt, Ivanka, 36, took the podium at the World Assembly for Women
on Friday. After being introduced by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is
reputed to have established a “bromance” with President Trump over their
united front against North Korea, Ivanka spoke on workplace harassment
and economic empowerment for women. But the public questioned her
hemline."
So
is such thinking sexist? Professional women have long debated whether a
woman's appearance should be subject to scrutiny. Some argue that a
professional setting demands traditional clothing.
"My
insistence on professional dress (i.e., skirts, heels and ironed
shirts) is not a subscription to patriarchy; I want to be recognized and
respected," wrote Miriam “Duchess” Harris,
chair of the American Studies Department at Macalester College in
Minnesota, in a post Tuesday titled, "This is what a feminist professor
looks like.
Others argue such thinking contributes to keeping women out of positions of power.
"Unless
women dress modestly and conservatively, they look out of place in
academia, because fundamentally, they don’t have the right bodies to be
academic authorities. This infuriates me, and I refuse to accept it. My
intellectual abilities as an academic should be judged on my work: my
research, my publications, and my lectures," wrote Francesca
Stavrakopoulou, professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient religion at the
University of Exeter, for The Guardian in 2014 in an article titled, "Female academics: don't power dress, forget heels – and no flowing hair allowed."
We
say Ivanka and Tiffany Trump looked fashionable, comfortable and put
together at a time when their father's associates are under
investigation for potentially colluding with Russia in the 2016
election. That seems like an impressive enough feat without having to
worry about the length of the skirts or how pale their legs are.
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