- Ivanka Trump stepped back from politics in 2022 after being in her father’s administration.
- She’s since tried to rehabilitate her reputation among the US elite.
- The former socialite’s efforts can be traced through her style transformation on Instagram.
Ivanka Trump’s days as a prominent White House advisor are behind her, and she’s got a new image in the works.
It’s been eight years since Ivanka, 42, traded in her life as a sought-after millennial Manhattan socialite to assist her father, Donald Trump, in his successful 2016 run for president of the US.
Although working as her father’s advisor in the White House and close confidant brought a new level of prestige to her résumé, the response to policies the administration pushed meant she lost quite a bit as well.
Namely, her reputation.
Retailers began dropping her eponymous fashion brand from their stores due to weak sales. She faced public ridicule from celebrities, was shunned at a wedding by other guests, lost longtime friends, and eventually shut down her fashion company in 2018.
By November 2020, a former friend of Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, told Vanity Fair they likely wouldn’t be accepted back into some of the exclusive New York City social circles they once navigated.
In November 2022, Ivanka announced her intention to step back from politics and transition her family from New York City to Florida. She has not been actively campaigning for her father’s 2024 run and didn’t show up at his campaign launch.
More recently, she separated herself from a lawsuit against the Trump Org. and members of her family, but she did testify during the resulting fraud trial in New York.
Over the last four years, outlets, including Business Insider, have reported on Ivanka’s attempts to distance herself from the Trump name and her father’s political sphere to rehabilitate her public image.
Nothing has been more indicative of this transition than her personal style, which has gone from boardroom chic to crop tops and strapless minidresses.
Just take a scroll through her Instagram.
In the White House, Ivanka’s style was professional and predictable
As an advisor, Ivanka’s style while working at the White House can be summed up in a few words: professional, feminine, and safe.
Instagram posts shared in 2017 — her first month at the White House — showed her often leaning into outfits reminiscent of her time on “The Apprentice.” Despite donning the occasional bright print, her public style became inundated with business casual straight-line pencil skirts, power suits, and the same few office-approved silhouettes.
In June 2017, she appeared to wear a black and white wool crepe dress designed by Escada sold at Neiman Marcus, according to Footwear News. The item is currently sold out online, but purchasing Escada is no small feat. One floral-themed Escada dress at Neiman Marcus costs $1,043, while a sleeveless mini-day dress is priced at over $700.
That August, she posed alongside her father and former United States Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, in an Instagram post about tax reform. She donned a 2012 white Oscar de la Renta dress with navy adornments across the fabric. The dress is also sold out online at retailers like Neiman Marcus, but other options sold on the designer’s website range anywhere from $2,800 to $12,990.
And as the years rolled on,…
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