She was shunned for Donald Trump's inauguration 2017...but now fashion giants are begging to dress Melania on her husband's big day
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When Donald Trump was first elected President his wife Melania was ‘shunned’ by major fashion houses wary of being associated with his ‘toxic’ brand of politics. Former fashion model Melania ended up wearing a £5,500 powder blue cashmere dress and bolero by the American designer Ralph Lauren to her husband’s January 2017 inauguration – one of the few designers who offered to create an outfit out of respect for the office of the presidency. How times have changed.
![[Melania at her husband Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration. This time around the former fashion model is thought to be swamped with offers to dress her]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/20/93996661-14274329-image-a-1_1736626885051.jpg)
The Mail on Sunday understands Melania, 54, is being swamped by offers of free designer clothing from nearly every major US fashion house and European couture icons including Versace and Christian Dior in advance of her husband’s inauguration on January 20.
![[Donald and Melania Trump at a New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, Florida]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/20/93996707-14274329-image-a-3_1736626913720.jpg)
Toni Holt Kramer, founder of the Trumpettes support group and a close friend of both Mr Trump and his wife, said: ‘Things are very different this time around. When President Trump was first elected back in 2016, Melania was treated very badly indeed.
![[Melania accompanying her husband at the state funeral of former US president Jimmy Carter in Washington on Thursday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/20/93996671-14274329-image-a-4_1736626919472.jpg)
‘People spoke out against her and refused to dress her. She was shunned and treated appallingly but acted with nothing but class. It must have been hard for her. Now people are begging to dress her.’. Jeremy Scott, former creative director of fashion house Moschino and a favourite of stars such as Beyonce and Lady Gaga famously said before Mr Trump’s first inauguration that he would ‘never’ design for Melania.
![[Donald Trump and Melania following his election win in November. Melania's choice of outfit for the inauguration this month is believed to be 'up in the air']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/20/93996715-14274329-image-a-5_1736626922541.jpg)
