Gucci Has No Problem Dressing Melania Trump, But Christian Siriano & Tom Ford Do

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When Sophie Theallet wrote an open letter earlier this year refusing to dress Melania Trump, fashion designers came out of the woodwork to state their own opinions. Gucci’s Creative Director, Alessandro Michele, is one of them.

“We have all kinds of customers. Everybody is free to do what they want,” he said of both Melania and Kellyanne Conway to the Washington Post. “To be against something or someone, it’s a dangerous thing. It’s easy to be against your enemy, but if you give them a big hug….”

Christian Siriano, however, has a different view:

“I don’t think I would [dress Melania Trump],” Christian said to Time magazine. “I think for a while everyone was trying to figure out what to do. Unfortunately, it really doesn’t have anything to do with her, but she is representing what’s happening politically and what’s happening politically right now is not really good for anyone. I think to an extent, it’s important [that designers speak out about this], that’s the only voice we have. But it’s not just her. If I got a call from somebody tomorrow that was, say, a musician, who was all over Twitter or Instagram hate-bashing people, I wouldn’t dress her either. I dress people that I can support. … That’s why it’s important to me and it should be important to every designer because the people that you put in your brand represent the brand.”

Tom Ford also said on The View he wouldn’t dress Melania: “I was asked to dress [Melania Trump] quite a few years ago and I declined. She’s not necessarily my image … Even had Hillary [Clinton] won, she shouldn’t be wearing my clothes. They’re too expensive. And I don’t mean that in a bad way, they’re not artificially expensive. It’s how much it costs to make these things. But I think to relate to everybody, you shouldn’t necessarily [wear such expensive clothes].”

Find out what other famous designers have to say at Cosmopolitan.