New Commerce chief wears $525 slippers to Trump's address

The newly confirmed secretary of Commerce wore a pair of custom slippers with his new department’s logo to President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

As at least one reporter pointed out, Wilbur Ross’s slippers resembled a $525 pair from Palm Beach-based designer Stubbs & Wootton, emblazoned with the Department of Commerce logo on the top of the shoe.

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

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

The 79-year-old billionaire businessman was confirmed by the Senate, 72-27, to lead the Commerce Department on Monday evening.