Trump is a documented fan of the heritage British fashion label, with a collection of both short and floor-skimming Burberry trenches in the signature sand color, as well as duck egg blue and brown suede coats. On her last official visit to the UK in 2019, she wore a red, white, and blue silk pussy-bow Burberry blouse, as well as a Princess Diana-coded tailored white pencil dress and boater hat to visit Buckingham Palace, and a Dior couture white column dress with stately elbow-length white gloves to attend the state banquet hosted by the late Queen Elizabeth.
In her second tenure as First Lady of the United States, Trump has leaned more into the work of American designers. She wore a navy suit and skirt by U.S. designer Adam Lippes and paired it with a somber, flat wide-brim hat for her husband’s second inauguration, and for the U.S. army’s 250th anniversary celebrations—and husband Donald’s 79th birthday—she wore an ivory and navy pinstripe twill suit from Lippes’s spring summer 2025 collection. The First Lady also wore a Ralph Lauren cummerbund with suit trousers for her White House portrait, and for the Fourth of July celebrations, she opted for a cotton poplin a-line white shirt dress by Thom Browne, the signature red, white, and blue stripes sitting on the hips. At another more recent appearance at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, she kept a relatively low profile in a Michael Kors collection black crepe blazer and white pencil skirt. A woman of few words but of more considered sartorial choices, it has felt like a deliberate move in line with her husband’s policies and brutal tariffs that he hopes will urge people to “buy American.”
Still, Trump will often keep her favored European designers close with her key accessories: her beloved Manolo Blahnik BB pumps for one, her suite of Hermès Kelly bags, and myriad of Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Christian Louboutin, and Saint Laurent ephemera.
The Trumps spent the night at the U.S. ambassador’s residence, Winfield House, in central London, and today, will head into a packed schedule of grand visits, red carpets, and Royal engagements that involves all senior members of the Royal family, including King Charles, Queen Camilla, Catherine Princess of Wales, and Prince William. The Trumps will be hosted at Windsor Castle, with a full ceremonial welcome and a state banquet, as is tradition.
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