Inauguration day is all about pomp, pageantry and photos.
The clothes worn on this world stage – the color, the cut and the details – are in the spotlight. From Melania’s striking hat to Usha’s fashion-forward overcoat, here’s a quick look at some of the day’s most memorable looks.
Melania Trump kicked off Inauguration Day with an outfit that had all the hallmarks of her favorite First Lady style: clean cut, with pointy heels and a dramatic flourish via the headpiece. It’s both serious and chic.
This also speaks to his love of hats, which sometimes got him into trouble – e.g. she was widely criticized colonial style pith helmet on safari in Kenya.
Hats have long been a staple of First Lady inauguration attire, from Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat to the hats worn by Nancy Reagan at each of her husband’s inaugurations, the first “Reagan red” and the second blue .
But while some hats feel like an addition to an outfit, others take on more of the energy of the main character – as is the case with Melania Trump today.
The brim is wide enough and the contrast between the cream ribbon and navy hat is great enough to draw the eye upwards – even if Melania’s eyes remain somewhat hidden underneath.
First Lady Jill Biden wore head-to-toe blue on her last day as First Lady and today, as she waits for the Trumps before the inauguration ceremonies, she is once again wearing purplish blue from head to toe.
Blue is a very fashionable color for the entire Biden family and it has come to represent the administration of the last four years.
At her husband’s 2021 swearing-in ceremony, Jill wore a blue coat created by designer/founder Alexandra O’Neill for New York-based luxury women’s clothing brand Markarian. This would have quintupled the designer’s sales. It was custom-made and embroidered with Swarovski crystals, and featured a matching pandemic-era face mask.
Both Bidens chose to dress today in clothes by all-American designer Ralph Lauren, whose clothes and history are often considered synonymous with the American dream.
It’s no surprise: Jill has worn his clothes for the past four years and was in attendance at his fashion show in the Hamptons last September.
Her husband recently awarded Lauren the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the nation’s highest civilian honor – making him the first fashion designer to receive the honor.
Ralph Lauren suits have been a uniform of choice for the outgoing president. On the White House website as he leaves office, his presidency is summed up: “for all Americans, one country for all Americans, one future for all Americans.”
You could say his Ralph Lauren suits are also designed to leave no American behind – never straying too far from classic blue and classic lines.
First daughter Ivanka Trump matched Melania’s serious color palette with an emerald green skirt suit with a matching hat.
The hourglass silhouette – the cinched waist and fuller skirt – looked sharp and intentional. This is reminiscent of Dior’s glamorous New Look, which ushered in a new era in fashion after World War II.
The asymmetry of the cut rang true, however: Ivanka wore a white Oscar de la Renta jacket with an asymmetrical handkerchief hem for Inauguration Day in 2017.
The first girl’s outfit might recall the work of Adolfo Sardiña, a Cuban-born American fashion designer who started as a milliner’s apprentice at Bergdorf Goodman in the late 1940s and became known for his spectacular hats, which were worn by Nancy Reagan during her husband’s two inaugurations.
Lawyer and wife of Vice President-elect JD Vance, Usha Vance’s highest-profile appearance to date, was speaking at the 2024 Republican National Convention. For the occasion, she chose a Badgley dress Cobalt blue off-the-shoulder mischka, retailing for $495 (£400). According to a spokesperson speaking to industry website WWD, Vance had to purchase the garment herself because the brand was not consulted.
But there were clear signs of a shift toward more high-fashion choices this weekend in Washington, when the new Second Lady wore a custom black velvet dress by Oscar de la Renta to the Vice President’s Dinner and a elegant white double-breasted coat for dinner. wreath laying ceremony at Arlington Cemetery earlier today.
Today, she chose an overcoat with a decidedly avant-garde detail: a scarf intentionally tucked into her belt. Is this a sign of a more stylized image to come as Vance takes her place as second lady?
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