Hats off to Melania Trump, who’s enormous headgear at this morning’s traditional state arrival ceremony to welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and wife Brigitte, gave her the edge in the battle of the white ensembles between her and the chic French first lady.
Both women were elegantly dressed in white suits, with Macron sporting a Chanel-inspired bouclé jacket with black leather details over a matching shift dress and Trump in a white belted Michael Kors skirt suit (which reportedly cost a cool $2,195). But it was the latter’s ample Hervé Pierre-designed chapeau that turned heads and lit up Twitter.
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Pierre is a favourite of the American first lady — he has acted as her stylist in the past and designed her inauguration ball gown, which was also white.
But it is perhaps his latest creation — the chapeau de résistance, if you will — that has social media in a tizzy, drawing comparisons to Beyoncé’s “Formation” video as well as references as varied as Olivia Pope, Jude Law and Bo Derek.
It’s unknown what Trump will wear for Tuesday night’s state dinner — although considering she topped her Dolce & Gabbana dress last night with a Givenchy cape, all signs point to another nod to French fashion. Perhaps we can look forward to a gigantic beret.