WASHINGTON: All eyes were on the fashion of America’s new first family at the inaugural ball Friday night.
US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, displayed the New York glamor of their family as they all sang and danced on stage at the ball.
Melania opted for a stunning off-the-shoulder gown designed by Hervé Pierre, the former creative director of Carolina Herrera, in collaboration with Trump herself.
Pierre said in a statement to Women’s Wear Daily that the first lady put her own distinct imprint on the dress.
“She knows what she likes,” Pierre said. “Our conversations were, and are, very easy. She knows about fashion, as a former model. She is aware about constructions, so we have already the same vocabulary when it comes to designing a dress.”
President Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, chose another classic American designer for the evening, wearing a gold Carolina Herrera ball gown with jeweled sleeves and bodice and a bell-shaped skirt.
Earlier in the day, Melania wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day.
Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, chose white Oscar de la Renta and wore a tiny American flag pin, and Hillary Clinton showed up in a white Ralph Lauren pantsuit that harkened back to one she wore to accept the Democratic nomination for president in July. Her overcoat matched the ensemble. Tiffany Trump also opted for white and wore a double-breasted coat.
Melania’s look, with its bolero-style jacket, prompted comparisons to a fashion icon of the past, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who wore a powder-blue outfit with a matching pillbox hat to John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration.
US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, displayed the New York glamor of their family as they all sang and danced on stage at the ball.
Melania opted for a stunning off-the-shoulder gown designed by Hervé Pierre, the former creative director of Carolina Herrera, in collaboration with Trump herself.
Pierre said in a statement to Women’s Wear Daily that the first lady put her own distinct imprint on the dress.
“She knows what she likes,” Pierre said. “Our conversations were, and are, very easy. She knows about fashion, as a former model. She is aware about constructions, so we have already the same vocabulary when it comes to designing a dress.”
President Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, chose another classic American designer for the evening, wearing a gold Carolina Herrera ball gown with jeweled sleeves and bodice and a bell-shaped skirt.
Earlier in the day, Melania wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day.
Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, chose white Oscar de la Renta and wore a tiny American flag pin, and Hillary Clinton showed up in a white Ralph Lauren pantsuit that harkened back to one she wore to accept the Democratic nomination for president in July. Her overcoat matched the ensemble. Tiffany Trump also opted for white and wore a double-breasted coat.
Melania’s look, with its bolero-style jacket, prompted comparisons to a fashion icon of the past, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who wore a powder-blue outfit with a matching pillbox hat to John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration.
