The inaugural ball gown worn by America’s First Lady is significant in that it can not only help to define eras in womens-wear but set the tone of the current administration and its outlook.

First Lady Melania Trump scored a collaboration coup for her first foray into dressing for politics. According to the President’s office, her gown for the inaugural ball was “designed by Hervé Pierre and Melania Trump.”

“It’s an honour to dress the First Lady,” Pierre said in a statement. “I was actually lucky because over my 20 years in the US, I dressed all the first ladies: Mrs Clinton at Oscar [de la Renta], Mrs Bush and Mrs Obama at Carolina Herrera. So I feel lucky and honored to dress Melania Trump, but this time under my name.”

The gown, in six-ply vanilla crepe, is cut off the shoulder with a full-length gazar arc opening into a deep side slit. A red silk faille ribbon fastens the waist. See what other former First Ladies wore for their inaugural balls in our video below:

First Lady Fashion At The Inauguration Balls from The Singapore Women’s Weekly on Vimeo.

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