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Melania Trump is proving to the fashion designers who said they wouldn’t help her that dressing well is the best revenge. The first lady’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the Vatican, Belgium and Sicily — wearing mostly Dolce & Gabbana — was a fashion tour de force that has forced many naysayers in the rag trade to rethink. The list of designers who said they wouldn’t dress Melania is long, led by Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, Christian Siriano and Sophie Theallet. But Melania has managed to look smashing in dozens of different ensembles, from her white Ralph Lauren jumpsuit...

A fashion designer who dressed First Lady Michelle Obama made headlines last week when she wrote she couldn't in good conscience do the same for Melania Trump. But several designers we talked to say they'd love to work with the next First Lady. Celebrity designer Bradley Scott says boycotting the First Lady is just plain disrespectful, whoever she might be. “First Lady is First Lady, it’s a position that should be exalted not disrespected," Scott told FOX411. "I can't believe anyone would basically spit at the opportunity. It’s so un-American." Stylist Phillip Bloch, who was the creative style director for...