Considering the recent uproar over Melania Trump’s “I really don’t care, do u?” jacket, it makes sense that the First Lady is toning down her statement-making flair. But while the parka was abhorrent, at least when she was making capital F fashion statements in the form of fancy hats and capes, it felt like she was expressing some kind of agency.
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Markle, too, appears to be forsaking both her typical style tendencies and personal beliefs in order to conform to palace norms—trading her deeper hues and bold cuts for the pastel frocks favored by the royal family.
For such a quiet color, passenger-seat pink has certainly heralded quite the move toward political, traditional, and sartorial conformity.
