{"id":96866,"date":"2018-08-28T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T15:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stilettos-and-a-4000-skirt-melania-trumps-tree-planting-outfit\/"},"modified":"2018-08-29T15:04:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T08:04:41","slug":"stilettos-and-a-4000-skirt-melania-trumps-tree-planting-outfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stilettos-and-a-4000-skirt-melania-trumps-tree-planting-outfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Stilettos and a $4,000 skirt: Melania Trump\u2019s tree-planting outfit"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe US first lady opted for total glamour when asked to dig a hole in the White House garden. But was her outfit remotely appropriate for the task in hand?Melania Trump has been gardening again, planting an Eisenhower-era oak sapling in the White House grounds. It means that her gardening wardrobe has come under further scrutiny. Did she wear 4in Christian Louboutin stilettos to aerate the soil? Did she choose a $4,000 floral Valentino skirt for its horticultural motif? The first lady barely has to lift a gold-tipped ceremonial spade for the jokes to begin.\u201cActually, that\u2019s not a spade, it\u2019s a shovel,\u201d says the gardening expert Alys Fowler. \u201cI suspect she was given that in recognition of the fact that she was never going to put her foot on it in those shoes.\u201d Aside from the obvious issues, such as the propensity of stilettos to sink into the mud, Fowler is worried that Trump\u2019s footwear is problematic. \u201cIf you are going to lean over and try to lift something quite heavy, that\u2019s a real strain on your lower back.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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