Commerce Chief Wilbur Ross Wears $500 Slippers to Trump's Address

You could say Wilbur Ross, President Donald Trump's new secretary of Commerce, was quite comfy as he watched his boss address Congress Tuesday night.

That's because the 79-year-old billionaire investor came to the event wearing a pair of designer slippers worth about $500.

Reporters at the event tweeted photos showing Ross in the custom black footwear, which featured his new department's logo emblazoned on them.

Huffington Post reporter Christina Wilkie identified them as made by Stubbs & Wootton, a Palm Beach design house that describes itself as "purveyors of handmade slippers to be worn day into evening, from jeans to dinner clothes."

Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross wore $600 slippers by Palm Beach @Stubbs_Wootton, with a custom Commerce Dept logo, to Trump’s speech tonight. pic.twitter.com/Be0apnEUkx

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 1, 2017

Hayley Byrd of Independent Journal Review, wrote on Twitter:

newly-confirmed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross wore a pair of slippers to Trump's address, which is a very cute old man thing to do pic.twitter.com/E7zyFfgBoQ

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) March 1, 2017

And Daily Beast Reporter Lachlan Markey added:
 

On one hand, he's a billionaire and should be wearing nice shoes

On the other, if I were a billionaire I'd wear slippers all day every day https://t.co/5usU0cvWnh

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) March 1, 2017

Stubbs & Wootton says it's designs give "the slipper its due recognition as an all-purpose shoe, we are responsible for making evening slippers relevant once again ... Brilliant with a tuxedo. Perfect with shorts, and everything in between, our European production ensures superior quality forever."

Many tweeters made fun of Ross' fashion statement:

@christinawilkie @Stubbs_Wootton Those don't look like they'll hold up well while he's wading in the Trump swamp.

— KB (@PNW1982) March 1, 2017

@byrdinator @Lglwry wow 😳 not sure how I feel about this...shouldn't the Commerce Secy wear real 👠?

— Sandy B. (@beauti4evr66) March 1, 2017

@christinawilkie Highly appropriate now that the entire govt is for sale to the highest bidder.

— Carrie La Seur (@claseur) March 1, 2017

@byrdinator Remember, poor people are crazy, rich people are eccentric.

— Professor Taxi (@prof_taxi) March 1, 2017

In the past, Stubbs & Wootton, which has stores in New York and Palm Beach, has catered to Republicans and Democrats with slippers featuring elephants and donkeys.

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