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tblue37

(65,340 posts)
1. That dress she wore in the top pic from the RNC, which is from her own branded line,
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 09:21 PM
Feb 2017

is not well made. I used to have a dressmaking shop, and I would have been ashamed to put my label on such a sloppy, badly designed, and carelessly sewn piece of work!

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
4. No surprise there. $0.50 to make it in Bangladesh, slap a 'Trump' brand on it, and sell it for $300
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 10:45 PM
Feb 2017

on Fifth Avenue. That's the way it's done.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
5. The night she wore that dress, I thought the same thing.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 10:46 PM
Feb 2017

The dress just was not put together well so that there were puckers and ill fitting seams. I thought it was odd for her to come on stage in a dress that showed so many design flaws. It was a lovely dress but the execution of its construction failed miserably if it was supposed to inspire a bunch of women to rush out and buy her merchandise. Did she think we wouldn't notice?

haele

(12,649 posts)
11. Yup, I thought she was too cheap to get it tailored.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:18 AM
Feb 2017

One would think a designer would know that off the rack is made in generic "average" proportions for the size listed. If you've had kids, work out, or have had "work" done, you need a tailor for off the rack.

Haele

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. I'm sorry, but there is just something really creepy going on there.
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 11:28 PM
Feb 2017

Their body language is more like that of a couple than of a father and daughter.

Also, I think all her clothing looks cheap and tacky. I'm not sure if they are all Trump designs, but if they are, no wonder she is losing business.

politicat

(9,808 posts)
15. Parentification or adultification or emotional incest are the terms used.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 01:36 AM
Feb 2017

They're three overlapping behaviors common in Narcissistic Parent - Golden Child relationships. Parentification is when a child is expected to assume the role of the adult in the relationship at an early age -- being the emotional or actual caretaker, soothing the narcissist parent's emotions. Adultification is the process of forcing a child to take on adult responsibilities and behaviors early. Emotional incest is when a parent expects the child to fill the emotional needs of a partner rather than of a child (so over-intimacy, emotional support inappropriate to the relationship.)

From what Ivanka has said over the years, I'm confident that all three happened. (Just the conversation about money when she was a tween during the first bankruptcy was over the line.) Golden children have the hardest time breaking the toxic relationship, and while they take on a great deal of insidious abuse, they also have the most rewards for staying. In many ways, it's much easier to be the Scapegoat.

That dress is really badly made. If it had been home-made, we'd call it Becky Home-Ecky. I wouldn't even call it a wearable muslin, but then again, I have standards. /catty

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
9. Not to be crude, but his hands are on her ass not hips.
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:02 AM
Feb 2017

Men don't touch their daughters like that. I am not saying anything IS going on, but he obviously has some sexual feelings for her.

califootman

(120 posts)
12. I think what disgusts me the most...
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 12:20 AM
Feb 2017

I think what disgusts me the most about the pictures with a young Ivanka is the way they objectify a teenage girl as window dressing, eye-candy, nothing but an object. You can tell from those pictures that he has absolutely no respect for women. And the teenage girl that he is completely objectifying is his own daughter.

Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)
14. Trump asked: "Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter?"
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 01:32 AM
Feb 2017

Ivanka at 14 years old with Trump and second wife, Marla Maples

BuzzFeed reports that a Washington Post column comparing Donald Trump to Michael Corleone of The Godfather saga initially included a controversial quote later removed before its publication on Tuesday. Specifically, the quote dealt with Trump's relationship with his daughter Ivanka; columnist Richard Cohen quoted Trump asking "someone I know" of a then 13-year-old Ivanka: "Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife?"

more at link http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8353161/donald-trump-sexual-attraction-ivanka-trump/


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