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Audrey Hepburn's son, Sean Hepburn Ferrer, shared his reaction to Ivanka Trump's ball gown that paid tribute to his mother.
Ivanka attended the Inaugural Liberty Ball on Monday (January 20), following her father Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, wearing a recreation of Hepburn's iconic look from the 1954 film. Sabrina.
After the dance, Ferrer shared a statement about the look, noting that she wasn't surprised to see that Ivanka was inspired by her mother's fashion sense.
“It's no surprise that, growing up in a family that knew our mother as a household name, she chose to be inspired by her,” he told daily mail in a statement. “Look for maximum elegance and class reference, for an occasion like this: the inauguration and the 32nd anniversary of our mother's death and, above all, Martin Luther King Day. What a cocktail!
He also said the tribute to Ivanka demonstrated that Hepburn's “legacy has grown to become transgenerational and transitional” over the past 71 years.
“Her elegance, which is rooted in her inner beauty and her spirit, is often a point of reference, an anchor, for many celebrities, actresses and models in these times in which it seems that we have lost our way a little” Ferrer added about his mother, who died in 1993 of appendix cancer at the age of 63.
Ivanak's outfit for the Liberty Ball was a strapless white dress, with black floral details on the chest and skirt. Donald's daughter, who attended the event with her husband Jared Kushner, paired the look with black satin gloves, black high heels, and a diamond necklace.
After the dance, the 43-year-old woman also acknowledged her admiration for the Breakfast at Tiffany's star and described the work done to recreate the dress.
“Audrey Hepburn has long been a personal inspiration to Ivanka,” a rep for Ivanka said. Page six on Tuesday. “She considers it a great privilege to honor her legacy in this way and is incredibly grateful to the team at Givenchy for making this moment a reality.”
During Monday's inauguration, Ivanka also turned heads in a different outfit. Before heading to the U.S. Capitol building that morning, he arrived outside St. John's Church with his children (Arabella, 13, Joseph, 10, and Theodore, eight), dressed in a tight-fitting cotton pantsuit. emerald green color and a long-sleeved coat with an asymmetrical hem. wrapped and girded around him.
She paired the monochromatic ensemble with a matching ascot cap fastened to the side of her head and a black Lady Dior bag. The dignified outfit struck a chord with online viewers, leading many to compare the look to The Handmaid's Tale character, Serena Joy, played by Yvonne Strahovski.
On Instagram, popular fashion account @dietprada shared an image of Strahovski's character wearing a long, matching green cape and leather glove, just like Ivanka's swearing-in ceremony outfit.
“Literally watched this show and thought, 'I don't see why everyone hates Serena Joy, she's just a good Christian woman,'” one person wrote in the comments of the post, while another said, “It's 100 percent intentional.” . “
Ivanka stepped out dressed in full Oscar de la Renta during opening weekend. However, the brand's decision to dress Ivanka was met with angry fashion fans willing to boycott the house.
