New first lady wore retro powder blue skirt suit for swearing in followed by vanilla off-the-shoulder gown for evening events
If Melania Trump had former first ladies on her mood board while shopping for the inauguration, then it was dominated by Jackie Kennedy’s ceremonial formalities on the West Lawn and Nancy Reagan’s evening celebrations.
The skirt suit and matching gloves in retro powder blue the new first lady wore for the swearing in was followed by a vanilla, off-the-shoulder evening gown. The dress, a collaboration between Mrs Trump and the designer Hervé Pierre, featured a full-length ruffle in six layers of crepe, a narrow red ribbon bow belt and a deep side slit. Bold and dynamic rather than romantic or ladylike, it was closer to the vigorous, red-blooded style that Nancy Reagan brought to the White House in the 1980s than to Jackie Kennedy’s demure elegance or to Michelle Obama’s take on modern romance.
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