--- title: Melania Trump's Shoes Draw Internet Backlash description: Melania Trump has responded to the backlash regarding her wearing stiletto heels on her way to visit Texas, which has been flooded. canonical: https://time.com/4920687/melania-trump-texas-flooding-heels-backlash-response/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-29T19:57:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:54.770Z og:title: Why the Internet Was Obsessed With Melania Trump's Shoes og:description: "We have an ongoing natural disaster and people are worried about her shoes." og:url: https://time.com/4920687/melania-trump-texas-flooding-heels-backlash-response/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb675983de69fc9c/6988dbb77cdbac2115d59cbf/melania-trump-heels-texas-flooding-backlash-response.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Departs White House En Route To Texas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why the Internet Was Obsessed With Melania Trump's Shoes twitter:description: "We have an ongoing natural disaster and people are worried about her shoes." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb675983de69fc9c/6988dbb77cdbac2115d59cbf/melania-trump-heels-texas-flooding-backlash-response.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why the Internet Was Briefly Obsessed With Melania Trump's Shoes  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 29, 2017 7:57 PM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 29: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump prior to their Marine One departure from the White House August 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump was traveling to Texas to observe the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 29: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump prior to their Marine One departure from the White House August 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump was traveling to Texas to observe the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 29, 2017 7:57 PM CUT Like many of her predecessors, First Lady [Melania Trump](http://time.com/4814312/melania-barron-trump-white-house/ "undefined") is a fashion icon, but it’s a job that comes with some risk. As she and President Trump headed to Texas to see the damage of Hurricane Harvey, she was photographed wearing a sensible black ensemble, a green bomber jacket — and black stiletto heels. > [](https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/902512191538155520) The impractical heels spurred the internet to action, with Trump Administration critics seeing an easy mark: > [](https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/902538708481581056) > [](https://twitter.com/emigre80/status/902519707105886211) Others found the occasion more of an occasion to make quick jokes: > [](https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/902575677697703936) > [](https://twitter.com/morningmoneyben/status/902515982274527232) And still others pointed out that the criticism was silly, including Trump’s spokeswoman: > [](https://twitter.com/ReignOfApril/status/902557468290666496) > [](https://twitter.com/KateBennett%5FDC/status/902546145993523200) As it turned out, Melania Trump did have another pair of shoes on the plane. > [](https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/902570317528276992) > [](https://twitter.com/KateBennett%5FDC/status/902570823067643905) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4920687/melania-trump-texas-flooding-heels-backlash-response/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4920687/melania-trump-texas-flooding-heels-backlash-response/"},"headline":"Here's Why the Internet Was Briefly Obsessed With Melania Trump's Shoes","datePublished":"2017-08-29T19:57:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:54.770Z","description":"Melania Trump has responded to the backlash regarding her wearing stiletto heels on her way to visit Texas, which has been flooded.","url":"https://time.com/4920687/melania-trump-texas-flooding-heels-backlash-response/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","fashion","Melania Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb675983de69fc9c/6988dbb77cdbac2115d59cbf/melania-trump-heels-texas-flooding-backlash-response.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb675983de69fc9c/6988dbb77cdbac2115d59cbf/melania-trump-heels-texas-flooding-backlash-response.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Departs White House En Route To Texas","caption":"President Trump Departs White House En Route To Texas","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4920687/melania-trump-texas-flooding-heels-backlash-response/","name":"Here's Why the Internet Was Briefly Obsessed With Melania Trump's Shoes"}}]}] ```