But getting off the plan, she was wearing gym shoes

[question everything]

And, I suppose, she later dressed up for the misery and the mess



Thus, speculating that she damaged her Achilles tendon and therefore has to wear high heels are a bit premature.

[Brother Buzz]

1. I heard her legs were so sore after walking down the stairs and to the limo...

she had to change back to the comfortable high heels.

[brewens]

2. Intercepts of Secret Service feed only say "Pissstain and Mailordia are on the move." Evidently

their S.S. code names. No mention of the shoes.

[lpbk2713]

3. I wonder if one of the female passengers will come out barefooted.

[Expecting Rain]

4. Not "gym shoes," but classic Addidas tennis shoes that I've worn so long that...

I remember when they were called Robert Haillets, and not Stan Smiths.

Don't fuck these up for me Trumps. Stick with stilettos. Please!

[MLAA]

5. Hmmmmmm she needed a different shirt (black) and shoes (stilettos) just to ride on the plane.

When she disembarked she had a white shirt and new white tennis shoes. Does Airforce one now have a different dress code than a disaster site? Doesn't air force one qualify as a disaster site if his orangeness is on board? Thus nullifying the need for a wardrobe change?

[Beartracks]

6. Pretty sure that 2nd photo is on the White House grounds...

... prior to their departure.

On edit: Or did I just fall for a bit of fun?

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[Demtexan]

7. The second on looks like the white house.

They tried to pull a fast one.

Change on the plane.


She could have worn regular clothes before getting on the plane.

New shoes are a give away.

[question everything]

8. From the NYT

But to dismiss all this as merely much ado about heels, or an example of the pettiness of our divided electorate, is to ignore the reality of the current conversation around the president — to pretend not to notice how sensitized everyone has become to his unpredictable reactions to major events, and to deny the power of the telling detail to invite applause, condemnation or misinterpretation.

It is precisely the superficial nature of clothing, the fact that garments are immediately accessible to all, that makes them the go-to stand-in for more nuanced, complicated emotions and issues.

Mrs. Trump’s heels, after all — they appear to be classic Manolo Blahniks — are redolent of a certain clichéd kind of femininity: decorative, impractical, expensive, elitist (all adjectives often associated with the brand “Trump”).

That they also are part of the identity the first lady brought to Washington — that her comfort level and ability to walk in exactly the kind of shoes that cause other women, wearing more solid shoes, to wince and crunch their toes in imaginary pain was part of her narrative and image from the start — does not obviate the fact that they have also come to represent her remove, for both good and ill. Women in the capital are generally more associated with sensible pumps than teetering patent leather numbers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/fashion/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-heels-texas.html

[FSogol]

9. Some staffer, who had the same shoe size, had to stay on the plane barefoot since Melania claimed

her athletic shoes.

[Demtexan]

10. Yes.

I am sure the first nude model has a pair of blue jeans.

Expensive but jeans.

She should have dressed down.

They got caught.