When President Donald Trump arrived for his inauguration on Monday, Melania Trump was by his side looking as fashionable as ever.
The 54-year-old first lady wore a navy Adam Lipps overcoat over a white shirt, paired with black leather gloves, and wore a white designer Eric Javits over her slicked-back hair. He attended the service at St. John's Episcopal Church wearing a wide-brimmed navy hat with a trim. church.
The look was in stark contrast to her powder blue Ralph Lauren dress and coat in 2017, which many likened to Jacqueline Kennedy.
Meanwhile, second lady Usha Vance opted for something brighter for her inauguration celebrations, wearing a pale pink overcoat, light gray gloves and knee-high boots. The lawyer wore her hair pulled back in an updo and accessorized with sparkling statement earrings.
Since November, first lady Melania Trump has opted for neutrals, including the black and white polka-dotted Dior shirt dress she wore to vote in Palm Beach, Florida, and the gray Dior suit she wore during her election night victory speech. I'm here.
At the presidential reception at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia on Saturday, she wore a gray Dior overcoat and a Dolce & Gabbana suit.
On the eve of the inauguration, she chose an all-black look with a Dior coat, leather opera gloves and Christian Louboutin boots for the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Later, she wore a black Saint Laurent tuxedo cape overcoat over a crisp white Dolce & Gabbana collared blouse and sequined Carolina Herrera skirt for a candlelit dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. I changed my clothes.
Trump's stylist Hervé Pierre previously admitted that “95 percent” of Melania's outfits are purchased off-the-shelf, rather than working with designers to custom-make her clothes.
In fact, he Speaking to Women's Wear Daily He was once shopping at a Madison Avenue store when he was told he was “not welcome here,” but did not name Storm to avoid free publicity.
“The fashion industry is not very welcoming. [of Trump.] “It's not a secret,” he said.
But for many, the inauguration is a preview of what will be a colorful four years in the White House.
“She is one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the White House,” Jamie Franklin, founder and CEO of the Conservatorium, told The Washington Post. “I think she's on par with Jackie O. And she has incredible style.”
Franklin said he was primarily inspired by Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump to create the conservatory. \
“There were a lot of women who worked in President Trump's White House, dressed impeccably, and were very smart and sophisticated, but because of their conservative beliefs, they were not paid well by Vogue or other fashion magazines. There wasn’t,” she said.
