DADDY WOULD BE PROUD: Ivanka Trump, who visited the Windy City recently to show her fall jewelry collection at J.Mendel's Michigan Avenue boutique, didn't miss the opportunity to promote (albeit graciously) the new Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. The statuesque blonde, who wore her own diamond tassel earrings, mentioned that while in Chicago she stayed at the hotel, received several spa treatments that day and dined for both lunch and dinner at the hotel's restaurant Sixteen, where she enjoys the admittedly rich porcini ravioli.
So how does Trump, who also works as vice president of real estate development for the Trump Organization, stay so svelte indulging in such fare? "I'm 26," she laughed, acknowledging that her mother, Ivana, warns her to start eating healthier.
The young Trump also said she plans to open a 1,200-square-foot boutique to showcase her jewelry collection in retail space at the base of the Chicago hotel. That would join her first location, a 1,100-square-foot unit on New York's Madison Avenue, and one in the works in Las Vegas. She declined to give the location, but odds are it'll be near the new Trump property there.
6/20/08 WWD