Meryl Streep Calls Out Melania Trump Fashion and the ‘Destabilizing’ of Women in Power: ‘They Have to Bare Arms on TV While Men Are Covered in a Suit’

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Zack Sharf

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Meryl Streep graces the cover of Vogue magazine alongside Anna Wintour ahead of the release of “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which finds Streep reprising her Oscar-nominated role of fashion magazine boss Miranda Priestly. During their chat, moderated by Greta Gerwig, Wintour brought up Melania Trump, which prompted Streep to call out the first lady.

“I think the most… powerful message that our current first lady sent was in the coat that said ‘I Really Don’t Care, Do U?’ when she was going to see migrant children who were incarcerated,” Streep said of Melania Trump’s controversial outfit worn in June 2018. “All dress is about expressing yourself, but we’re also subject to larger historical and political sweeps of expectation.”

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