Jetting off to Paris for a manicure, dropping thousands on her hair, and pissing off artists. It's obvious that Ivanka Trump has led the kind of privileged life that only money can buy — but just how luxurious her lifestyle is borders on the obscene.
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00:00jetting off to Paris for a manicure, dropping thousands on her hair, and pissing off artists.
00:05It's obvious that Ivanka Trump has led the kind of privileged life that only money can
00:09buy, but just how luxurious her lifestyle is borders on the obscene.
00:14It's safe to say that Ivanka Trump was born into the lap of luxury. She and her siblings,
00:19Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, grew up inside a Trump Tower penthouse, perched atop New
00:24York City.
00:25In 2003, a 21-year-old Ivanka offered a tour of her childhood bedroom, which looked just
00:31as it had when she was a kid.
00:32"...not a bad view to wake up to."
00:37Her mother, Ivana Trump, offered an additional glimpse into her kids' childhoods in her 2017
00:42book Raising Trump, where she mentioned that her kids could never have friends over. Writing
00:47about the kids who visited, she said,
00:48"...the triplex was just too huge and lavish. You could see the intimidation, awe, jealousy,
00:53or resentment on their little faces."
00:55Other everyday events were also different for the young Trumps. Birthdays, for example,
01:00were lavish affairs at the Plaza Hotel, and trick-or-treating on Halloween meant being
01:04accompanied by security.
01:05As Ivana quipped,
01:06"...my version of helicopter parenting was to bring the kids to work with me in the Trump
01:10chopper."
01:11Speaking with New Beauty in 2015, Ivanka recalled one particularly opulent getaway with her
01:16mother long before she was even a teen, saying,
01:19"...my mother took me for my first manicure at age 7 at the Ritz in Paris, prior to attending
01:24the couture shows."
01:26While Eric Trump got his degree from Georgetown University, Donald Jr. and Ivanka both graduated
01:31from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Ivanka received
01:35her bachelor's degree in economics in 2004, and looking back at tuition fees for that
01:40time, her enrollment at the Ivy League institution cost at least $26,000 each year.
01:46Prior to college, Ivanka's schooling was just as swanky. She started at Manhattan's Chapin
01:51School for Girls, where tuition as of 2024 is a whopping $65,300 per year. She then transferred
01:58to Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school in Connecticut, where tuition is $69,370 per
02:04year, also as of 2024.
02:07When Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner tied the knot in 2009, they spared no expense. The
02:12nuptials took place at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, in front of
02:16500 guests. According to Express, the couple actually had to pay to rent the venue, which
02:22is believed to have set them back about $60,000. However, that was far from the only big-ticket
02:27item. The cake itself was a showstopper, with Express valuing the 13-layer confection at
02:32just under $68,000.
02:34Then there was Ivanka's outfit. Her custom Vera Wang gown reportedly cost $50,000. Her
02:39diamond and platinum earrings alone cost $130,000, while her diamond and platinum bracelet
02:45was $90,000. Her matching hairpiece added yet another $45,000 to the tally. As for her
02:515.2, 2-carat diamond engagement ring, that was the biggest splurge of all with a value
02:56estimated at just over $500,000.
03:00Ivanka has taken great care to keep her hair looking just right, and it seems she's willing
03:03to spend whatever it takes for the perfect hairdo. In 2017, the Daily Mail spotted her
03:08visiting the Oscar Blondie salon, where she popped in for a quick trim in color and reportedly
03:13paid $1,100. Unsurprisingly, she has also worn some ridiculously expensive outfits over
03:19the years.
03:20In 2018, for example, she attended a state dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel
03:25Macron wearing a $12,888 Rodarte dress. A few months later, she donned a $3,700 Oscar
03:33de la Renta skirt suit to the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires.
03:37Other pricey ensembles include her $3,395 Pardo pantsuit from the 2019 Milken Institute
03:45Global Conference and the $11,720 Carolina Herrera dress she chose for a 2019 Royal Banquet
03:53at Buckingham Palace.
03:54After her job in the White House came to an end, Ivanka continued to splurge on clothes
03:59and accessories. In 2020, she spent close to $10,000 on her look for the first presidential
04:04debate between Trump and Biden. Another headline-making getup was her all-Navy outfit for Donald Trump's
04:092023 fraud case. Ivanka pulled pieces that cost at least $5,000, including a $3,500 chain
04:17briefcase.
04:18After their time working at the White House was up, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner decided
04:22to move to Miami, Florida, where the couple spent around $31.8 million on a vacant plot
04:28of land on Indian Creek Island in 2020. Nicknamed Billionaire's Bunker, the exclusive area has
04:34its own police squad, and the pair's 1.8 four-acre purchase reportedly came with 200 feet of
04:40private waterfront.
04:41As construction began on their home, Ivanka and her family moved into Arte Surfside, an
04:46equally luxurious complex where the average rent is $47,000 a month.
04:50However, it seems Ivanka and Jared weren't content with their first choice. Despite their
05:01initial purchase, they shelled out another $24 million just seven months later, this
05:05time on a ritzy home just a few blocks from the vacant lot. It was a bizarre decision,
05:10but the pair went all-in on renovating the six-bedroom, eight-and-a-half-bathroom mansion,
05:14which was completed in 2023.
05:16In addition to sweeping views of Biscayne Bay, the home features plenty of lavish amenities,
05:21like a huge outdoor pool and its own sauna.
05:25Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have also enjoyed picking up artworks by contemporary bigwig
05:29artists. In total, their collection has been valued at up to $25 million. Price is clearly
05:35no object, as they've spent six figures on certain pieces. For example, a Nate Lohman
05:40silk screen similar to the one that once hung behind a piano in their home sold for
05:45$665,000 at Sotheby's. Not everyone has been happy to be a part of the couple's collection.
05:51When Ivanka posed with a painting by Alex DeCorte, he clapped back, writing,
05:55"'Please get my work off of your walls. I am embarrassed to be seen with you.'"
05:59Similarly, Richard Prince sold Ivanka a $36,000 artwork, then refunded the payment in protest
06:05of Donald Trump's politics.