The 54-year-old new first lady of the United States Melania Trump had been intrigued for a long time about choosing a dress for the inaugural ball, which this time was held at the Washington Convention Center, and finally the world saw her long-awaited outfit. The wife of the US President was dressed by her longtime stylist Herve Pierre, who was also the designer of her ballgown in 2017, writes WWD.

This time Melania wore a long, flowing white dress with a thigh-high slit and black trim wrapping around the bodice. The strapless outfit showed off her figure and flaunted her long legs. Its design is intended to reflect Pierre's concept of a ribbon wrapping around a bouquet of flowers, as outlined in his original sketch of the dress.. To create Trump's second inauguration dress, Pierre turned to a Chinese-born seamstress in a New York atelier.. From his point of view, “fashion is for the eyes, and it’s up to others to come up with their own interpretation.”.

Melania accessorized her look with a black choker with a 1955 diamond brooch from Harry Winston and white pumps. She left her long hair loose and finished off her look with evening makeup..

" It was obvious that Mrs. Trump gravitated towards a combination of black and white - in keeping with her own style and vision,"

By creating Melania Trump's inauguration dresses, Herve Pierre joins the ranks of several other designers who have done the same. Jason Wu dressed Michelle Obama in 2011 and 2015, James Galanos designed Nancy Reagan in 1985 and 1989, and Nettie Rosenstein designed Mamie Eisenhower in 1953 and 1957.

Pierre expects that fashion critics will appreciate this outfit.

" But I must say that the first one was successful. I heard almost no negative comments about the first one,” he said. The master's first dress, which he made for Melania in 2017, is now kept in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. This is an off the shoulder vanilla silk crepe outfit with a slit skirt, frill from neck to hem and a burgundy ribbon around the waist..

When Evre Pierre first met Melania through her former advisor Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, he was having trouble finding work, despite a long tenure at Carolina Herrera and experience at Oscar de la Renta, Balmain, Lanvin and other European luxury houses.. After communicating with Mrs. Trump about collaborating on a dress for the Inaugural Ball, the couple hit it off and he agreed to continue working as her stylist during her first four years in the White House.. This collaboration continues to this day..

Unlike some major designers, whose teams compete to dress the first lady to capitalize on global fame and potential sales, Pierre said he has no interest in it and working with Melania is "

Atelier Caito for Herve Pierre, a Garment District business he started during the first Trump administration, closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and his business partner Nicolas Caito later returned to Paris to work at the luxury house. Pierre focused on interior design and lampshade decoration for wealthy private clients, while continuing to consult.

Focus previously wrote how Herve Pierre finds Melania Trump's clothes.