Melania Trump will surely have the last laugh about designers who won’t work with her — Met Gala mastermind Stephanie Winston Wolkoff is being brought in to help plan the presidential inauguration events.
Wolkoff, an ex-Vogue staffer who planned the glamorous gala for years and went on to orchestrate New York Fashion Week’s Lincoln Center expansion, is known in fashion circles as “General Winston” — a name bestowed by her mentor, Anna Wintour.
Winston, who, according to sources, “has all the designers on speed dial” and is also a longtime friend of Melania, was spotted at Trump Tower this week, along with Tom Barrack, who is chairman of President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee.
Sources say Wolkoff, who now runs SWW Creative, is a senior adviser to Barrack.
Sophie Theallet, who has dressed Michelle Obama, spoke out against Trump and ruled out dressing Melania last week. Theallet has been dismissed by fashion leaders such as Tommy Hilfiger, who said that “any designer should be proud to dress her.”