Lauren Sánchez has broken her silence about the outfit that set the Internet on fire and she’s sticking with it, even if she’s made a little note for future reference.
Talking to him New York TimesThe helicopter pilot and wife of Jeff Bezos recalled the look she wore to Donald Trump’s second inauguration last year: a fuzzy white Schiaparelli coat over a white McQueen pantsuit, layered with lace that drew much more attention than she had anticipated.
Sánchez said he hoped the group would be seen as conservative. “I was very proud of myself,” she said.
The reaction was swift and came from several directions.
Megyn Kelly was among the harshest critics.
“Have some dignity and respect for your surroundings in your circumstances,” he said at the time. “No one should be talking about your tits. I’m sorry. They should be talking about the inauguration.”
Sánchez placed some of the blame on circumstances beyond his control, noting that the last-minute change to an indoor ceremony altered the context of the look.
But, by all indications, the criticism was not particularly harsh.
She quietly responded by liking supportive comments on social media, and a friend told her Page six the reaction just wasn’t something that kept her awake at night.
“Lauren just doesn’t give a damn. She does what she wants,” the source said.
Sánchez herself seemed genuinely disconcerted by the impulse to criticize.
“I can never imagine writing something bad on someone’s Instagram. In fact, it would break my heart,” he told Times. “I just want to give everyone flowers. Why don’t you?”
It was not the first time that a Sánchez outfit at a political event caused a stir.
She faced similar criticism for wearing a red Rasario dress with a lace corset to a White House state dinner in 2024.
He seems to have absorbed at least one lesson from the combined experience. “I understand,” he said. “There is no lace in the White House. Noted.”
