Nikki Haskell, Ivana Trump’s closest friend, told Page Six that Trump was preparing for a getaway. The trip was scheduled for the day after her unexpected death. “She was leaving for St. Tropez tomorrow,” Haskell said. “This was going to be her first trip away since the pandemic. She was afraid of getting the virus.”
According to Showbiz 411, the second half of July is a pivotal time for merrymaking in St. Tropez and the surrounding area in the south of France. Trump was a longstanding member of this high-society circle of vacationers from all over the world.
The week before she died, Trump shared news of her upcoming vacation during her weekly hair appointment. “I know she was going to St Tropez until September,” Fatih Cakirca of Salih Salon told the Daily Mail. “She was a very lovely lady.” Fatih and his brother, salon owner Salih Cakirca, knew Trump for 20 years and styled her hair in her signature “Ivana Classic” look.
Previously, Trump was spotted in St. Tropez in 2019, enjoying an evening out with friends and her Yorkshire terrier, per the Daily Mail. That trip occurred soon after her breakup with Rossano Rubicondi. At the time she cited their preference for different cities as one of the reasons for the split. “Rossano spends a lot of time in Italy and I spend a lot of time in New York, Miami, and Saint-Tropez,” she said.
