2018 State Dinner for France

Melania is gaudy new money from an Eastern Euro background, married to the man with the gaudiest taste in Earth outside of the Vatican. They are ostentatious. Anything demure would be shocking.

That gold-plated cutlery made my hair stand on end. And the 5 cm gold-rimmed china was nearly as bad. Less is more, arrivistes!

Damn, what pissed him off?

The Movie (2018)

Um, the gold plated dishes, cultlery and glass all came from the Waspy presidents of yore...specifically, Clinton and both Bushes.

^^^^ What R5 said

[quote] I like Melania’s attempt, but there’s just a lack of taste, no? I think this is the death knell of WASP American taste,

Mary!

They photographed the Bush selected gold rimmed service plates. These were coupled with some green or green-patterned china the Clintons had selected, which there are no pics in the DL links... I believe the gold rimmed goblets were Nancy Reagan's selection.

She's getting hefty.

The green patterned china may have been Bush 41. The Clinton's china was a thick gold rim. The bush 43 china was also,gold rimmed, but thinner.

Sorry R10, but I read distinctly the opposite! The real question is where did the over the top silver giilt flatware come from? Totally tacky. Any one of the gold items might not be as bad, but Melania did make up the mélange!

Sorry, r11, you may have read the opposite but it doesn't mean it's true. The Clinton's set was only gold and cream with the white house in the center. The Clinton's did not have green in their china.

One of the Bushes had gold and green and another set with a large magnolia.

R12 Washington Post article link in the other thread described two sets of gold dishes, from Clintons and Bushes. One article referred to the Bush's service plates. The service plates are the only plates one sees before food is served. I shall try to find the link saying the "Clinton's Green Dinner plates". My point though really was Melania is responsible for combining all the fucking gold. That my friend cannot be argued, as she is proudly taking all the credit.

Melania never accessorizes. I think that's one reason why The Hat was such a shocker yesterday.

R13, just google Bill Clinton white house china pattern and do same for George Bush. It's not that difficult.

The Clinton's had hold and cream china. Bush had hold and green, as well as a less formal magnolia pattern.

Also, r13, I take it you know little about presidential china if you think she had to comb through it to look for the gold patterns.

If you really want tacky, Nancy Regan's China was hideous.

Nancy Reagan also selected the gold-rimmed spit cups, r8.

she was wearing clothing in honor of Macron. The dress was French, the hat was French. what she really wanted to do was show up Macron's wife. She should have worn something American or from her own country, not the visitor's country.

no matter what she is wearing though her shallowness shows thru

Oh for chrissakes, this is turning into a regular Corelle thread.....

It was windy. And she didn't want the hairpiece that hides her balding to be revealed.

R16 I don't know why you are so testy, I just said I read they were using service plates from the Bushes. I don't really give a bloody rat's arse whose china it is anyway... My WHOLE FUCKING POINT WAS ONE SET WOULD NOT BE AS BAD AS MIXING IT ALL UP WITH SILVERGILT FLATWARE AND GOLD RIMMED GOBLETS! I'm not googling all their bloody patterns you ridiculous queen!

R21, you're saying I'm testy? 1) You keep coming back at me 2) the info you keep coming back at me with is demonstrably wrong and 3) a simple google search on your part would have prevented at least two of the wrong posts of yours.

So, if testy mean having to deal with idiots like you, then, yes, I'm testy.

R18, Michelle Obama wore Alexander McQueen to state dinners. When the republicans took her to task on it, she rightfully told them she'll wear what she wants and what she feels comfortable wearing. So first ladies don't always wear American.

I'm watching "The Movie." Tim Cook was there. No iPad sale from me, mister.

Melania looked perfectly fine, and I bet the place settings did, too. A la Michelle, Melania can wear whatever she wants. I love you all to pieces, but oh, Mary!

It’s the new American Gothic.

You are trying too hard, OP.