First lady Melania Trump donates inaugural gown to popular Smithsonian exhibition

WTOP News [Washington DC] ^ | October 20, 2017 4:01 pm | Jack Pointer

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Designer Hervé Pierre collaborated with Melania Trump in designing the vanilla silk crepe dress. It's now on display alongside 26 other inaugural gowns in the National Museum of American History's first ladies collection.

WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump stopped by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History on Friday to continue a 100-year tradition: presenting the inaugural gown.

Trump collaborated with designer Hervé Pierre in creating the vanilla silk crepe dress, which features a slit skirt, ruffled accent trim and a red ribbon around the waist. It’s now on display alongside 26 other inaugural gowns in the museum’s first ladies collection.

During Friday’s ceremony in the museum’s Flag Hall, Trump said the gown had been the last thing on her mind amid the family’s dizzying transition to presidential life after last year’s election.

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Additional pictures at the site.

[COBOL2Java]

Ping!

[tennmountainman]

Sounds like he is holding out for a big civil settlement.

[GnuThere]

It was a beautiful gown and a great night to recall.
Nice that her designer got to join her for the honor.

[Jamestown1630]

They are going to need a tall mannequin. If you’ve ever been there, most of the dresses are incredibly small, on tiny forms ;-)

[jennychase]

https://twitter.com/politico/status/921413605496631301

video

[MayflowerMadam]

“If you’ve ever been there, most of the dresses are incredibly small”

We’d go to the Reagan Library often when we lived in CA, and some of Nancy’s dresses were on display. Itty bitty things.

[leapfrog0202]

Thanks for the video link. She did a wonderful job.

[Jamestown1630]

Lovely and gracious; and she didn’t flub one word :-)

[Jamestown1630]

What amazed me when I saw all the dresses, is how small the earlier American women were. We’ve gotten a lot taller and more bone-dense - and I think that’s not just a ‘melting-pot’ result, but also one of the nutritional bounty of our nation :-)

[KC_Lion]

Thank You for Posting COBOL2Java.

Ping to First Lady Melania's List.

What Style.

[Ciexyz]

Just lovely.

[pigsmith]

Bfl

[Vendome]

Okay, you guys are going to think I’m weird but, when I go to the Smithsonian I love looking at the first lady dresses

[Kickass Conservative]

OK, you’re weird. LOL #;^)

[Vendome]

Yeah? I still like chicks though and that Melania is one hot first lady

[Lopeover]

Love FLOTUS!

[ELS]

Just came across this on my journey around the web.

Meet The Man Who Dresses Melania Trump | In the Studio

[Albion Wilde]

Wow, I love that! What a character he is. Delightful video, thanks!