Lauren Sánchez has broken her silence about the outfit that set the internet on fire, and she’s standing by it, although she’s taken a little note for future reference.
Speaking to New York Timesthe helicopter pilot and wife of Jeff Bezos looked back at the look she wore to Donald Trump’s second inauguration last year: a fuzzy white Schiaparelli coat over a white McQueen pantsuit, layered over a lace top that drew considerably more attention than she bargained for.
Sánchez said she had expected the ensemble to read as conservative. “I was super proud of myself,” she said.
The backlash was swift and came from several directions.
Megyn Kelly was among the most vocal critics.
“Have some dignity and some respect for your surroundings under your circumstances,” she said at the time. “No one should be talking about your breasts. Sorry. They should be talking about the initiation.”
Sánchez placed some of the blame on circumstances beyond her control, noting that the last-minute switch to an indoor ceremony changed the context of the look.
But by all accounts, the criticism did not land particularly hard.
She quietly responded by liking supportive comments on social media and a friend shared Page six the reaction was simply not something that kept her up at night.
“Lauren just doesn’t give a s–t. She does what she wants,” the source said.
Sánchez himself seemed genuinely puzzled by the impulse to criticize.
“I can never imagine writing something mean on someone’s Instagram. It would actually break my heart,” she shared Times. “I just want to give everyone flowers. Why wouldn’t you?”
It was not the first time that a Sánchez outfit at a political event had 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.
She seems to have absorbed at least one lesson from the combined experience. “I understand,” she said. “No lace in the White House. Noted.”
