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Anonymous wrote:Interesting NYT piece on the leather and suede outfits (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/style/melania-trump-state-visit-leather-suede.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.SiI9.VWgPjZY7nRId&smid=url-share

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I'm too lazy to look it up, but I feel like this jacket is similar to another safari style jacket Melania has worn.

I don't hate this outfit, but I don't really like it. It's way to casual for the event, the pants look cheap and there's something very incongruous about the suede shacket and cotton blend crop pants with flats.

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Victoria looks great here, I love this dress. I also thought Kate's fall lawyers with the midi skirt was both on trend and in keeping with her style, and just beautiful.

Once again, Melania doesn't look bad, exactly, but she looks weird. The jacket is so fussy and not particularly flattering. The pants are a weird length for this setting and the flats look too insubstantial. It's imbalanced. I actually would bet that she intended to wear stilettos with this outfit and had to change them out for a pair of flats due to condition of the ground (the other women are also wearing flats). Given the time of year, that should have been planned for with a different option available.

It's okay. But underwhelming and kind of weird.

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I love this dress on Camilla.
The snakeskin leather suit? Ummm
I can’t decide if she wants her stylist tarred and feathered, or is giving the BRF the middle finger with her disastrous fashion choices. This can’t get worse.
Does she hate herself? Why intentionally look inappropriate and awful? Her weight gain can be hidden gracefully, by the way. Weird though because she has literally nothing to do all day and can afford glp-1 and personal trainer and chef.

"Snakeskin"? What? Nothing you've said makes sense. The only thing snakeskin she's wearing are her shoes - not the caramel leather suit. She looks perfectly appropriate.

DP. I agree. Well, I don't know the event, but seems reasonable. The leather suit looks fantastic on her, actually. One of the better outfits she's worn this administration.

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Anonymous wrote:The Hamburglar hat is back! But in plum.

The BRF meet and greet seems very coordinated on the fashion front. Melania's hat matches Kate's dress. Trump and William are wearing extremely similar ties.



With Charles and Camilla, there's a blue theme going on. Melania's suit reads as very dark blue in this photo, Trump's is clearly navy, and then Chuck and Cam in lighter shades:



The hat though, OMG the hat. I think Melania just really loves this look, loves being able to shield half her face from cameras at an official event, and also probably likes trolling people. If her husband wasn't the worst thing to happen to American politics, I would find her amusing.

The hat is NOT good. And for some reason she kept it on inside, even though all of the royal ladies took theirs off. It looks even more ridiculous indoors.

Just curious... Are women expected to take their hats off indoors in the UK? Is there any royal protocol about when they can keep them on or need to remove them?

That's a good question. The Queen did wear hats indoors but I believe they all always take theirs off for these events... Maybe it's the type of hat or type of event?

My mom grew up back in the day when women were expected to wear hats at outdoor events. Famously, Jackie Kennedy invented the pillbox hat because she did not like hats and didn't want to wreck her hair, so asked for a smaller hat. Because in the 50s, it was not "proper" for a woman to go out without a hat on. (My mom's college required hat and gloves if you were going to be off campus in town in 1952 and they would get demerits if they forgot them.) I think the British protocol is just hold-over from that time (like their hosery rules). Maybe Kate will dump it when it's her turn to set such rules -- I don't think she's a huge hat fan.
In short -- it is weird to keep the hat on indoors, and I don't think anyone does that.

Weird? Do you not know anyone — anyone at all — who still wears hats to church? (Men take theirs off, women keep theirs on).

African American women wear hats to church.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe Melania and other MAGA women wear those insane nails. I know this is a trend at the moment (I also saw some crazy nails on some of the women playing at the US Open -- I can't believe they play tennis in them!) but it just seems sooooo tacky and over the top to me. I can't imagine having a job that requires me to meet and greet people at public events and choosing to wear those insane nails.

I guess in Melania's case it's just another signal that says "don't touch me."

Interesting. I guess you hate Michelle Obama's insane nails too?

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Anonymous wrote:Holy no circulation.

This! Look at those hands! Purple.

Also, menopause is hitting Melania hard. I’m surprised since she has access to so much more than the rest of us. Compare her with Demi Moore. Demi is, overall, much better looking without overdoing it. Both brunettes, both had work. One not an evil villain.

Look, I love Demi Moore, but "had work" is the understatement of the century here.

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Anonymous wrote:Zoom in on that pic. What’s the square on his midsection? Any guesses?

Bulletproof vest?

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Anonymous wrote:Much better pictures of them here:



I actually think she looks great in the yellow dress and the emerald earrings. The lavender sash is the only thing that throws it off. It's a Carolina Herrera gown.

Melania looks more and more like Jennifer Coolidge with every passing day.

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Anonymous wrote:That yellow is an odd choice for this time of year, IMO. It’s springy. Maybe a more golden yellow or a jewel tone would have looked better.

I really wish we could see the shoes.

I keep seeing this but politely disagree with you all! I think a spring yellow is like a daffodil or a butter...lighter, more creamy, pale. This is saturated and reads as a late summer/early fall yellow to me.

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Completely agree. This is no pale, spring, pastel yellow. It's a deep, vibrant yellow/gold and perfect for late summer/early fall.

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe Melania and other MAGA women wear those insane nails. I know this is a trend at the moment (I also saw some crazy nails on some of the women playing at the US Open -- I can't believe they play tennis in them!) but it just seems sooooo tacky and over the top to me. I can't imagine having a job that requires me to meet and greet people at public events and choosing to wear those insane nails.

I guess in Melania's case it's just another signal that says "don't touch me."

Anonymous wrote:Zoom in on that pic. What’s the square on his midsection? Any guesses?

Anonymous wrote:Interesting NYT piece on the leather and suede outfits (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/style/melania-trump-state-visit-leather-suede.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.SiI9.VWgPjZY7nRId&smid=url-share

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting NYT piece on the leather and suede outfits (gift link): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/style/melania-trump-state-visit-leather-suede.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE8.SiI9.VWgPjZY7nRId&smid=url-share

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