The Retro Accessory Karoline Leavitt Just Won’t Let Go Of

Karoline Leavitt seems to have one wardrobe fail after another, and her love of branded handbags is just one example. Leavitt has sported several outfits that have totally missed the mark, failing to match the tone of various serious political events. And she may have only been 27 when she took the job as press secretary, but she dresses like someone much older. Leavitt’s worst outfits all have one thing in common — they age her — and our guess is that she’s being influenced by her much older husband, Nicholas Riccio. He’s 32 years older than her, and she dresses like she’s in his age bracket.

We want to cut Leavitt some slack; it’s not uncommon to be cautious when new to a job, so maybe she’s dressing older out of a desire to look like she’s up to the task. She’s also under constant media scrutiny, since she’s literally the spokesperson for Trump, and he’s routinely accused of lying or, at the very least, stretching the truth. In January 2021, The Washington Post reported Trump lied 30,573 times in his first term. So Leavitt certainly has her hands full, and her wardrobe malfunctions may indicate that she’s busy. However, she keeps rocking handbags with logos all over them, and it’s one more way her wardrobe falls flat.