And just like that, Melania Trump’s gown is now on display at the Smithsonian. It gets a prime position in the middle of the first ladies exhibition.
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And just like that, Melania Trump’s gown is now on display at the Smithsonian. It gets a prime position in the middle of the first ladies exhibition.
Melania Trump says of her inaugural gown: “This is not a dress. This is more than 50 years of education, experience and wisdom realized with each thread.”
FLOTUS tells the audience at the Smithsonian: “This dress speaks with a distinct point of view.”
The gown, she said, is “bold, and dignified and ruthlessly chic.”
FLOTUS tells the audience at the Smithsonian: “This dress speaks with a distinct point of view.”
The gown, she said, is “bold, and dignified and ruthlessly chic.”
The program for today’s presentation ceremony at the Smithsonian features an image of the original design for the two bands of black silk gazar on Melania Trump’s dress.
Here’s a closer look at Melania Trump’s gown, designed by Hervé Pierre in collaboration with the first lady.
I’m on the first lady fashion-meets-history beat this AM 🫡 as FLOTUS donates her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
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From Utah, to Capitol Hill, and now to @dcnewsnow.bsky.social @thehill.com “Sunrise on The Hill”…had a fun time chatting with "Real Housewives" star @angiekatsanevas.bsky.social. Fresh off her House testimony, Angie K and I talked french fries, franchise, and Housewives fans in Congress!
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Setting the alarm now…see you again in 2026! ⏰☀️
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Michelle Obama wraps up by saying, “I hope that what I've shown is that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. There isn't one way to wear your hair. There isn't one way to look professional. There isn't one way of showing up as an American.”
Michelle Obama says she’s tried to be thoughtful about “the times that we’re in” amid her style book release: “How are we going to talk about fashion when we’re in a recession? How are we going to talk about a pair of shoes when we need immigration reform?”
Michelle Obama says she specifically chose to wear pants and low heels at President Biden’s inauguration in 2021 because of safety concerns just days after Jan. 6.
“I wanted to be able to move. I wanted to be ready,” she says, in case she had to run.
When you’re POTUS, Michelle Obama says, “There’s a standard which you have to set for the American people. Some of these things aren't even laws, they’re just norms.”
“You don't want the people to feel like wealthy people have a different level of access to power,” she says.
Michelle Obama seemingly takes a dig at President Trump while remembering when Oprah gave her a giant box of designer clothes. She says she returned them after her husband said, “I’m in office. We don’t accept gifts.”
“Imagine that?” Obama quips.
Michelle Obama says her husband will also likely have one of his most famous/infamous outfits on display at the presidential center: “He’ll probably have his tan suit. That’ll be his contribution.”
Michelle Obama says there will be an archive of many of her dresses on exhibit at the Obama Presidential Center: “I kept telling Barack, that’s what people are coming for.”
More Michelle Obama reaction to Trump tearing down the East Wing for the new White House ballroom: “Every president has a right to do what they want with that house. So that’s why we got to be clear on who we let in.”
Michelle Obama, asked about President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, said she and former President Obama viewed themselves as the “caretakers of this history” and their aim was “about bringing more people in” to the White House.
Michelle Obama, who recently said former President Obama wore the same tuxedo for 8 years in the White House, announces to cheers from the audience: “He got another tux.”
No photos allowed during the event (which is also being recorded as part of a limited series for Obama’s “IMO” podcast) so this will have to suffice for my pic of the former FLOTUS…
Coming to you tonight from a very full Sixth & I in DC, the latest stop for Michelle Obama’s “The Look” book tour. Obama has said the aim of her new style book is to ignite a convo about “the way our society defines beauty.”
Enjoyed this conversation with the always insightful Ken Burns about his new @pbs.org documentary, “The American Revolution,” and how he says learning about our past could help “put the ‘us’ back in the U.S.”
In our @thehill latest story, Amie Parnes and I talk to White House staffers across different administrations and past state dinner guests who describe being “heartbroken” by the East Wing being obliterated…but also say they recognize how a ballroom “is needed.”
It’s a “running late because your 5-year-old decided he wanted to create an artistic masterpiece before school so you help bring his vision to life before grabbing a pair of heels as you dash out the door to work” kind of morning… 🤦♀️ #tworightfeet #workingmom
Asked what she’s learned from friend Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez says, “I’ll always remember it, but she said, ‘If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.’”
Selena Gomez on creating Rare Beauty: “When I was starting the brand with my team, it just seemed to be a lot of expectations for women - maybe it was a fad or style - and it felt super unrealistic to me.”
I’m back at the Fortune Most Powerful Women summit in DC, where Selena Gomez is here to chat about “balancing profit with purpose” with her Rare Beauty brand. #FortuneMPW
Meghan wraps up her #FortuneMPW session by saying, “As women, when we support each other, we’re not just supporting each other’s lives — we’re supporting each other’s legacies.”
