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Scandal Fashion File #307: Case of the First Lady Flashback

Statement gowns and killer designer outerwear—hello Dior trench!—on this week's episode of Scandal did not overpower the chilling secret spilled by Mellie.

By Ryan Porter November 15, 2013

Scandal Fashion File #307

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The Case of the First Lady Flashback

Scandal has done such a good job of getting fans rooting for Olivia Pope and President Grant’s romance, this episode could afford to build sympathy for the love triangle’s unlikely villain: the wife, First Lady Mellie. That meant flashing back 15 years to reveal a traumatic secret Mellie has been harbouring—besides that she owned this season’s Dolce and Gabbana in 1998. Does she shop with a flux capacitor?