Our first woman, Melania Trump, hasn’t done anything open this week that I’m conscious of — probably, she’s also working on her documentary— but that hasn’t stopped her from making headlines. More precisely, it hasn’t stopped her bridal dress from making headlines. Major media outlets ranging from the New York Times to the Miami Herald reported that someone had placed a costume up for sale on eBay, claiming it was the same costume the first woman wore when she married Donald Trump in 2005.  ,
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Content 20th Anniversary to Melania! photograph. twitter.com/VIcXSQb4QO— Donald J. Trump ( @realDonaldTrump ) January 22, 2025
No, Mrs. Trump hasn’t fallen on hard times and isn’t looking for more money, and no, she’s not doing it to create a mockery of her wedding. The person who posted it — Svjabc1 in Massapequa — claimed that she’d purchased the Christian dress to wear at her own bridal in 2011, with the help of a common friend she shared with the first woman. According to the Herald, the list read,” Christian Dior wedding gown especially designed by John Galliano for Melania Trump’s ceremony in 2005 to Donald Trump”. It finally made the rounds online, catching the attention of style poets and future brides hoping to own a piece of story, even if the bidding started at a staggering$ 45, 000. ( For what it’s worth, the original price tag for the Trumps was$ 187, 000. )  ,
Eagle-eyed socialites began examining the pictures on eBay, and they had a lot of inquiries. The person who posted the dress was able to describe them away, but even so, it turns out the dress is most likely a phony. The list has since been removed.  ,
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According to Women’s Wear Daily, a congressman for Dior refused to comment on the integrity of the gown, and eBay chief communications official Gigi Ganatra said that while the site does rely on the identification of specific items, such as handbags and bracelets, wedding dresses do not fall under that category. WWD also spoke to a cause close to the second princess, who claims that the haute couture dress is still in her hands and stored away there in a drawer in Mar-a-Lago.  ,
Even from WWD:  ,
Before exchanging vows with Donald Trump, the previous model, whose maiden name is Knauss, chose the sleeveless haute couture dress in Paris with assistance from Vogue’s Sally Singer and André Leon Talley. Her massive and intricate option required 300 feet of materials and 550 hours of work just for the adornment. Melania Trump’s global shopping excursion was detailed in a 14-page Magazine history and led to a February 2005 Vogue support.  ,
Of course, we all know that Vogue didn’t throw Melania on its support at all these time, even though she’s probably the most support model-like first female we’ve ever had.  ,  ,
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📸TBT. 2005
Beautiful Melania featured on the cover of Vogue as Trump’s bride to be in her wedding dress❣ ️ pic. twitter.com/srWl1wnNZl
— Baharak ( @Baharak_Irani ) July 1, 2021
The Trumps celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in January, just days after the president took office. They were married on January 22, 2005 at the Bethesda-by-the-Sea church in Palm Beach, Florida.  ,
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