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The defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers were at the White House on Thursday to meet with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, just hours after the two met with President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania.From the looks of their posts on social media, it seems that the team had a good time getting Christian Louboutin Shoes a tour of the White House grounds and snapping photos with the first lady. They even presented the president with a personalized Cavaliers jersey.But the team was also sure to do a good deed while there. Christian Louboutin Outlet Store Michelle Obama took the Cavs to the basketball court on the White House grounds, where a group of veterans was on its own tour in celebration of Veterans Day today. Cavaliers star LeBron James thanked the veterans for their service and offered them all tickets to their game tonight in Washington, D.C., against the Washington Wizards.
Regardless of her personal style, the first lady of the United States is almost always on the fashion industry’s radar.For designers, dressing the commander in chief’s wife is an opportunity to associate their brand with “American Christian Louboutin Sale royalty” and to make it visible to millions — if not billions — of people worldwide.Still, being FLOTUS is inherently a controversial role: Her husband represents one end of the political spectrum and always has a sizable crowd of opponents who support other political groups and perspectives.But the election of the unconventional and provocative presidential candidate Donald Trump has brought an arguably Christian Louboutin Outlet unprecedented wave of backlash from the fashion community toward a president’s wife.Depending on what you believe, fashion designer Sophie Theallet either shed light on the conflict or created it altogether when via Twitter she shared an open letter to fashion designers, following Donald Trump’s victory in November, asking them to join her in refusing to dress or associate with the incoming first Red Bottoms Shoes Christian Louboutin lady.“The rhetoric of racism, sexism, and xenophobia unleashed by [Melania’s] husband’s presidential campaign are incompatible with the shared values we live by,” Theallet wrote.Since then, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Phillip Lim and Derek Lam, among other designers, have also spoken out to say that they have no interest in dressing the soon-to-be first lady. Meanwhile, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Tommy Hilfiger Authentic Christian Louboutin Outlet and Thom Browne say they would happily outfit Melania Trump. Others — including Tanya Taylor, Cynthia Rowley and Vera Wang — have remained on the fence.So what do designers and fashion brands really have to win or lose if they dress Melania Trump?According to Los Angeles-based retail industry analyst Jeff Van Sinderen, the risk in dressing her boils down to the political Red Bottom Shoes divide.
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