What Melania Wore: First lady's Saudi style a big deal
What Melania Wore: First lady's Saudi style a big deal
Riyadh (AFP) - What women wear can often be
the focus of critique and controversy -- all the more so when the woman
is an ex-model, married to the US president and disembarking in Saudi
Arabia.
The question of what first lady Melania Trump would wear
on her husband's his first foreign trip echoes similar debates around
Michelle Obama's decision to wear colour -- blue and white -- and not
cover her hair on a visit to ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia.But with Trump's hawkish political profile, and the first lady's insider position in the world of fashion, buzz around what the president's wife would wear and whether that would include a headscarf was at a high in the hours before Air Force One touched down in Riyadh.
Melania Trump embarked on Marine One at the White House on Friday in a high-waisted midi pencil skirt in orange leather with a front split, a cream crewneck sweater with bows at the cuffs and a pair of sky-high nude Manolos.
(Vogue swiftly identified the sweater as MaxMara and the skirt as tomato-red by Herve Pierre, the designer behind Melania's white inauguration gown.)
When she emerged at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport the next morning, the first lady's attire was more conservative -- black patent stilettos and a black long-sleeved, wide-leg jumpsuit with a narrow slit down the neckline, cinched at the waist with a wide gold belt.
