Too little, too late?
A fashion editor who posted a picture of Tiffany Trump at a fashion show with empty seats beside her is now walking back her narrative.
Fashion editor who tweeted picture of Tiffany Trump backpeddles https://t.co/gbDWrfEUzS
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) February 16, 2017
Former Wall Street Journal fashion columnist Christina Binkley tweeted the photo of the empty seats near Trump on the front row at the Philipp Plein show at the New York Public Library on Monday.
Empty seats next to Tiffany Trump. pic.twitter.com/axvYJAFupl
— Christina Binkley (@BinkleyOnStyle) February 14, 2017
Other fashion editors joined in, claiming the presence of the 23-year-old first daughter wreaked havoc at the event as everyone scrambled to distance themselves from her.
But the picture didn’t tell the whole story, apparently, as Binkley came clean to the Daily Mail, explaining that the seats were only empty for a few moments when others moved before being taken again.
“I don’t know why they wanted to move, I didn’t ask them. But those seats were only empty for a short time, I’m thinking a couple minutes when two other people sat down, they were famous creative directors in the fashion industry,” Binkley said.
“But within a few more minutes they were bumped so that Philipp Plein’s girlfriend and sister could sit there, as the event planners had forgotten to save them seats,” she added.
Binkley, who was not alone in the shameful shunning of the young Trump, had tweeted another photo, claiming “Nobody wants to sit next to Tiffany Trump.”
Nobody wants to sit next to Tiffany Trump at Philipp Plein, so they moved and the seats by her are empty. pic.twitter.com/XcxNYI6Kf8
— Christina Binkley (@BinkleyOnStyle) February 14, 2017
“It wasn’t like the media portrayed,” Binkley told the Mail, in an obvious about-face. “Tiffany seemed to be having a great time, she was surrounded by friends, she wasn’t being ‘shunned.'”
Binkley made a strange attempt to explain why she posted the photos, claiming the “news storm” that followed the initial story proved it was newsworthy.
“Sure – that’s a fair question. I’m a news reporter and it seemed news worthy to me that people moved away from Ms. Trump,” she said. “It’s an example of the heightened nerves with anything involving the Trump family. And given the news storm that followed, I’d say I was right! What hasn’t been reported until today, though, is the context.”
It seems context was an afterthought.
The images and “news” of a shunned Trump prompted “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg to reach out and promise to sit with her at upcoming fashion shows.
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“Girl, I will sit next to you because I’ve been there where people say, ‘Ooh, we’re not going to sit next to you. I’ll find your a– and sit next to you,” Goldberg, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, said Wednesday.
.@WhoopiGoldberg reacts to editors not wanting to sit next to Tiffany Trump at fashion week: “Girl, I will sit next to you!” pic.twitter.com/FcNDqaw1Pn
— The View (@TheView) February 15, 2017
Tiffany, the only child from Trump’s six-year marriage to actress Marla Maples, responded to Goldberg’s invitation in a tweet on Wednesday.
Thank you @WhoopiGoldberg I’d love to sit with you too! ?
— Tiffany Ariana Trump (@TiffanyATrump) February 15, 2017
While Binkley revealed the real story behind the scenes at Monday’s fashion show, other fashion editors have not been so forthcoming.
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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