Herve Pierre: Melania Trump’s Mysterious Green Dress Designer – Is French-Born Designer Hiding From Backlash?
The green dress worn by First Lady Melania Trump to meet King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan has gotten plenty of attention. So has Melania’s dress designer, Herve Pierre.
However, unlike other designers quick to shout their support of Melania from the hilltops of Instagram, like when Stephano Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana told critics of Melania to “go to hell,” as reported by the Inquisitr, Pierre’s social media and online footprint is harder to come by. Herve has an Instagram account, but the “Herve Pierre Creative Director- Couturier” Instagram account named “saintsatur18” is currently private, with only 80 followers, which begs the question: Is Herve hiding from Melania’s critics?
Melania Trump Wears Green Hervé Pierre-Designed Dress To Meet King Abdullah And Queen Rania [Photos] https://t.co/RrWbw5JELz
— The Inquisitr (@theinquisitr) April 6, 2017
Perhaps Pierre doesn’t want to engage in the type of banter seemingly required to dress Melania these days.
Melania Trump’s $3,575 White House Photo Outfit Boycott: ‘Go To Hell,’ Dolce & Gabbana Designer Tells Critics https://t.co/9moQbmCoeD
— The Inquisitr (@theinquisitr) April 5, 2017
Melania Trump wore Herve Pierre to meet Queen Rania of Jordan
Folks are digging into the meaning of Melania’s green wool crepe Herve dress, reports the Telegraph.
Melania met Queen Rania of Jordan, an international style icon in her own right, at the White House, and Mrs. Trump and Queen Rania went on to pay a visit to a girls-only school. Tapping the skills of Herve once more, Melania used Pierre, who was previously Carolina Herrera’s creative director, to help her pull together the emerald-green ensemble.
Hervé Pierre: French-Born Designer Of Melania Trump's Dress Gets 'Buy American' Backlash .. – https://t.co/bmfOtyS8DE #StrongWillRealEstate
— Strong Will Real Estate (@StrongWillVT) January 23, 2017
As reported by the Inquisitr, Melania had previously turned to Herve for the all-important inauguration dress, which he designed with Melania’s help. Back then, the New York Times and INYT fashion director/critic Vanessa Friedman noted that Melania’s dress wasn’t strictly from Herve’s imagination. Instead, Pierre got tips from Mrs. Trump as a collaborative effort in designing Herve’s vanilla silk gown creation.
“Melania Trump’s dress is a collaboration between herself and Hervé Pierre, former creative director of Carolina Herrera.”
That tweet was immediately met with backlash and a “buy American” brouhaha since Pierre was born in France, even though he relocated to New York decades ago.
If Melania decided to keep using Pierre to design her dresses, it could turn into an Oleg Cassini and Jackie Kennedy-type relationship, reports the Telegraph. And as such, Herve’s profile will grow. But the mysterious Pierre is a 52-year-old designer who isn’t plastered all over the world wide web. Perhaps because Herve has already dealt with backlash over dressing Melania the first time. As reported by Harper’s Bazaar, Herve defended dressing Melania by saying he did not anticipate the backlash.
“I’m not doing politics, I’m doing dresses. I had no idea when I made the dress what the consequences would be.”
It seems anyone who dresses Melania runs the risk of a boycott of their work, so it stands to reason why Pierre might choose to lay low online. On Instagram, there are currently 437 posts tagged with the #hervepierre hashtag, such as the one below.
In that photo, Renee Zellweger prepared for the Oscars and Herve’s name appears in the hashtag. Pierre commented that he loved Renee.
saintsatur18: “Oh… Happy time at Herrera!!! Renee…. I LOVE you!!! Thank you Lee to have posted this picture!! #reneezellweger“
When a PR person praised Herve on Instagram, he thanked her as well.
“I couldn’t be happier for Herve Pierre. The recognition he’s receiving is so well-deserved. Ruth La Ferla beautifully captures his brilliant talent and irresistible charm in today’s New York Times. #hervepierre #nytimes”
saintsatur18: “Thank you SO much darling Marie. Love always ?HP”
And when another posted a “fun” wedding dress design, Pierre was there with Instagram praise as well.
saintsatur18: “Oh Marianne!!! The world is so small!!! Thank you for posting a sketch of mine! I hope you are as fabulous as you were when we were in Paris.?????HP”
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