What is Melania Trump wearing for the inauguration ceremony 2025 — and her most defining fashion moments
Share:
Putting aside any takes on the startling MAGA comeback across the pond, there can be no denying that the returning FLOTUS, Melania Trump, has always been ripe for fashion analysis — be it for better or worse. No one knows what she is thinking was behind her whacking-great shades and drawn on, icy smile, but all have borne witness to a woman who knows how to get dressed. This is a former model and high society darling who was once the toast of the Met Gala and New York Fashion Week’s front row, after all.
So what will she wear on Inauguration day, as her husband is sworn in as 47th president? Usually incoming first ladies will support home-grown, US designers — however, fashion brands have historically not been enthusiastic to dress the Slovenian-American, which her stylist Hervé Pierre has labelled as “snobbish”.
Celebrations began on Saturday, January 18, at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, where Melania opted for a Dior overcoat and Dolce & Gabbana suit. The following day, she wore a black, buttoned trench-cum-cape with black boots and leather gloves to attend a wreath laying by Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, before changing into a tuxedo cape worn with white shirt and a sparkle, sequin skirt for a candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum later that night.
To celebrate the presidential election win, as her husband Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in November, she opted for a double-breasted grey, wool skirt suit which extended just over the knee. What was she trying to say? Unlike some of the highlighter hues she has become known for, this time a touch of sophistication (and a willingness to slip, presentably, into the background) was preferred. And just like the polka dot dress she wore to vote earlier that day, the outfit is said to be from Dior — though it has not been confirmed by the Parisian house.
