We'll never forget the hat that shook the world earlier in the day, but Melania Trump's fashion choice for the inauguration's evening festivities wasn't much better.
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00:00We'll never forget the hat that shook the world earlier in the day, but Melania Trump's
00:04fashion choice for the inauguration's evening festivities wasn't much better.
00:08There were lots of fashion fails going around at Donald Trump's second inauguration as President
00:13of the United States, but nobody could hold a candle to the once-again first lady.
00:17After looking like something reminiscent of a cartoon villain as her husband took the
00:20oath of office just after noon, Melania had the opportunity to turn things around for
00:24the inaugural ball in the evening.
00:26While ABC News mused that her dress was,
00:28"...a sign of her desire to write her own rules."
00:32Others were less forgiving.
00:33For the festivities the night of January 20th, 2025, the former model changed into a white,
00:38strapless custom gown designed by Hervé Pierre.
00:41For many, the continuation of the black-and-white color palette was boring at best.
00:45For others, the response was even more negative.
00:48One person on X bluntly stated,
00:50"...Melania's dress is very ugly."
00:52It didn't seem that even the trippy red, white, and blue fireworks displayed on the screen
00:56behind the new president and first lady as they entered could save Melania's second fashion
01:00fail of the day.
01:01More than one person noted that the bold, black lines on the dress reminded them more
01:04of something you'd find in a children's art project rather than fashion-befitting a first
01:08lady.
01:09One said,
01:10"...Melania's dress looks like someone took a Sharpie and drew on it."
01:13Others picked up the Sharpie criticism and ran with it, too, while some went straight
01:16in for the people behind the dress.
01:18One wrote,
01:19"...Melania needs a new stylist, for sure."
01:21Another said,
01:22"...that dress she is wearing at the inaugural ball looks like they were placing ribbon on
01:26it and didn't finish the job.
01:27Her hat earlier and look was more of a funeral than a celebration."
01:30Yuck.
01:31One has to wonder if Pierre, who's designed lots of Melania's dresses, had a similar experience
01:36to the one he did after the 2017 inaugural ball.
01:38"...I didn't realize the scale until suddenly my phone was going ballistic."
01:45Melania's inaugural ball dress didn't draw comparisons to Judge Doom from Who Framed
01:49Roger Rabbit like her severe black and white ensemble from earlier in the day did, and
01:53it didn't look like she was attending a funeral anymore.
01:56But it didn't help her cause, either.
01:57All eyes will be on the now-best-selling author's fashion choices for the rest of her husband's
02:01second term, and sadly, she's not off to a very good start.