Michelle Obama's Designer " Sophie Theallet" Says She Will Not Be Working With Melania Trump

Michelle Obama's Designer " Sophie Theallet" Says She Will Not Be Working With Melania Trump 

BHR Hollywood Reports........... President-elect Donald Trump is, well, a controversial figure right now—to say the least.

After a campaign fueled by divisive rhetoric, the business mogul and his family are facing a sizable backlash, with many people putting their money where their mouth is and boycotting both his businesses and the fashion empire built by Trump's elder daughter, Ivanka Trump.

Sophie Theallet

The latest member of the Trump family to receive a cold shoulder from the fashion industry is future First Lady Melania Trump.

Sophie Theallet, a designer who has dressed Michelle Obama during her time as First Lady, published an open letter on Twitter announcing that she will refuse to work with Melania Trump. 

Michelle Obama Wearing Sophie Theallet Clothing Line 

Theallet said that she will not associate with her due to Donald Trump's "rhetoric of racism, sexism, and xenophobia" throughout the campaign. Theallet urged other designers to refuse to work with Melania as well.

Open letter | Sophie Theallet | November 17th, 2016 pic.twitter.com/g1hIAyBmdF

— sophie theallet (@sophietheallet) November 17, 2016

 Response to the open letter has been mostly mixed, with some praising Theallet for standing up for what she believes in, and others calling the whole affair a publicity stunt.