On the day of the wedding someone suggested a Melania Trump to eat a lot before the ceremony. The reason? He needed to be strong to bear the weight of the sumptuous dress that John Galliano, Dior’s creative director at the time, had designed for her. It is said that the very fluffy dress weighed around 30 kilos and was so bulky that it prevented the bride from having dinner comfortably sitting on a chair. He had to use a much more vulgar bench to taste the dishes prepared by the French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
The wedding between the former model of Slovenian origin and Donald Trump was celebrated in Palm Beach on January 22, 2005, exactly twenty years ago. A few days before though Vogue revealed many details of the event in the titled report How to marry a billionaire accompanied by a series of shots by Mario Testino.
There First Lady makes peace with American fashion by wearing a coat navy blue signed Adam Lippes and a hat designed by Eric Javits. The headdress is destined to make history, if only because it prevents us from meeting the gaze (and thoughts) of the husband’s wife. tycoon
The 14-page article offered the reader a privileged point of view, since to create it the journalist Sally Singer and the legendary editor of the newspaper André Leon Talley they accompanied her to Paris bride-to-be to choose the perfect dress for fashion shows Haute Couture.
Donald Trump asked for the hand of Melania Knaussthis was her maiden name, during the 2004 MET Gala with a $2 million ring. The dress had to be the same height as the diamond with which the tycoon made the engagement proposal.
In July of that year Melania flew to Paris jumping from one show to another. She was spotted by Chanel, Dior and Valentino, made appointments in the various showrooms and spoke directly with the designers, including Karl Lagerfeld.
As it was in 2017, the First Lady she lets herself be dressed by her friend and stylist Hervé Pierre who designs for her a white dress designed as if it were a bouquet of flowers crossed by two black bands. Around the neck a diamond brooch worn as chocker
What struck her was John Galliano’s collection for Dior inspired by Elisabeth, the Austrian empress better known as Sissiespecially the wedding dress. At that point the planning began to make that dress as wearable as possible. They were necessary a thousand hours of work (500 for embroidery only) of all the seamstresses of the maison to hand sew more than 1550 crystals and pearls. More than 90 meters of satin were used duchesses for a creation composed of a 4 meter train to which was added a 5 meter veil.
Melania was worried, rightly so, that he wouldn’t be able to walk. Galliano replied that he had to do it. «You wanted a princess dress» which must be the fashion equivalent of the evergreen adage «you wanted the bicycle, now pedal». To help her in the second part of the reception at Mar-a-Lago was a much more manageable dress designed by Vera Wang.
There First Ladywith the help of his designer and stylist friend Hervé Pierre, turned the spotlight on American fashion but did it in his own way. He has chosen two independent brands that focus on craftsmanship and quality but above all are not afraid to take sides
Transporting the Dior from Paris to New York was not at all easy. André Leon Talley managed all operations. We read in the local news of the time that someone had advised move the precious cargo with a hearse or a flatbed truck. Eventually the package was delivered in a more or less orthodox manner directly to Episcopal Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach.
Nobody knows the total price of the sartorial masterpiecewe think of something like 100 thousand dollars, a figure that would make it one of the most expensive wedding dresses in recent history. It was Donald Trump who paid the bill, as far as we know. Melania’s every wish was an order for him: she was getting married for the first time, while he had already completed two marriages.
The effects of women’s looks First Women on the Internet on the day of The Donald’s inauguration? A tsunami of memes. The reference are varied: from soap operas to cartoons, from the logos of important chains to dystopian TV series. In short, the put by Melania Trump & Co. have left a mark. At least on the web
The dress was obviously the “something new”. Jeweler Fred Leighton took care of the “something borrowed” by providing a diamond necklace while the lingerie signed La Perla the «something blue». The choice of “something old” is singular. Instead of the bouquet, Melania Trump he held a family rosary intertwined with a few flowers in his hands. He didn’t want to follow traditions but perhaps he didn’t want to undergo the ritual of the traditional launch.
After all, what could the rules adopted by the majority of brides in this world be of interest to her who had revealed her wedding dress in advance? I mean, she wasn’t superstitious and she’s still married to the same man for twenty years, man who has just been sworn in (for the second time) as president of the United States of America. The universe, it seems, proved her right. Or not, it depends on your point of view and political orientation.
Spotlight on Ivanka Trump who al Liberty Inaugural Ball celebrates his father Donald’s inauguration into the White House by channeling the daddy princess which is in many of us. The First Daughter replicates, in fact, a famous look of Audrey Hepburn, her great icon, in the film Sabrina
Source: Vanity Fair
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