I learned about this through contacts I have in D.C. There are hairdressers who will not give President Trump's previous wives free hair services before the inauguration.
This is outrageous. The President's previous wives need to look gorgeous. This country's President cannot display a series of dowdy looking wives. Whomever this hairdresser is that will not do the previous Trump wife's hair for free should be boycotted.
MARLA MAPLES: STYLISTS DON’T WORK FOR FREE!
According to
The Washington Post, Marla Maples has asked a well-regarded DC hairdresser to work for
free in exchange for Inauguration Day “exposure.” Freelance stylist
Tricia Kelly (pictured above), a fixture among Capitol Hill mavens, was contacted through one of her clients to perform services on both
Marla Maples and
Tiffany Trump for Donald Trump’s Inauguration. When Kelly shared her customary rates (which include a $150 travel fee), she was told that the mother and daughter had a combined budget of only $300 for hair and makeup. After some negotiation, Kelly agreed to a fee of $200 (to style both clients), while a makeup artist agreed to work for $150. According to Kelly, Maples’ assistant then called back, requesting that the stylists
work for free.
Needless to say, Kelly declined. “I was stunned,” she said. “I told them . . . I work for a fee, not for free,” adding, “There are people who make far less than they do who pay full price. People on staff — the incoming White House and the outgoing one — pay full price. It seemed like they were trying to see how much they could get for free based on their names.” While receiving free services in exchange for promotion is customary in Hollywood, it considered to be in poor taste in Washington. In fact, the President must report any gifts valued at $300 or more given to him, his wife, and his minor children; however,
legally Maples and Tiffany Trump are free to make such arrangements.