To all those haters who sniffed at the cleavage-baring Rosario crimson chiffon dress with a sheer corset that she wore to the White House state dinner , or the blood-red Lever dress with a peekaboo skirt that she wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party , or even the cropped white tank top and clinging sheaths she wore in her eyebrow-raising December Vogue profile, check this!
"Elevated" was the word used by Fernando Garcia, a creative director of Oscar de la Renta, who designed the dress with Laura Kim. Also "polished."
The strapless black velvet gown with a bell-shaped skirt covered in a rose mosaic of 2,000 hand-painted white plexiglass shards turned Ms. Sánchez into the human equivalent of an antique Tiffany lamp. The primary focus was on the waist rather than the bosom; the vibe, more Astor or Vanderbilt than Mae West; the choice of designer, strategic.
And, perhaps, it was a covert sign of positioning to come. After all, the other people who have favored de la Renta for major public events include almost every first lady since Jackie Kennedy.
The point being, Ms. Sánchez can do society grande dame with the best of them — at least when she wants to. She just often decides otherwise.
Vanessa Friedman has been the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The Times since 2014. More about Vanessa Friedman
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