Working Women Respond To White House Dress Code Report With #DressLikeAWoman Campaign

Culture & Community By Clare O'Connor1447 views

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Donald Trump's attitude towards women can be diplomatically described as retrograde. The pageant-owner-turned-President has bragged about grabbing women's genitals; was accused of sexual harassment and assault by multiple women (he denied these allegations); has objectified women; and has described a "wife" working as "dangerous."

Labor advocates have already expressed concern that working women will experience a Mad Men-style backlash under his administration. A report published on Thursday by political news startup Axios suggests it's already begun, and close to home for POTUS: the White House.

A Trump campaign worker told Axios that the reality TV veteran "likes the women who work for him 'to dress like women'"

Immediately, working women and their allies across genders took to social media, both to balk at the notion that there's any one way an entire sex should dress and to show off their own professional attire, from surgery scrubs to army fatigues.

 

It didn't take long for brands to get in on the action. Quirky womenswear company Wildfang sells suits and snapback hats; its aesthetic is miles away from, say, the jewel-tone shifts and stilettos of Ivanka Trump's collection (which, coincidentally, was dropped by mall chain Nordstrom the day this report surfaced).

 

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