Melania Trump: Before After Fashion Evolution Archives [GALLERY]
Melania Trump will once again step into the role of first lady of the United States and her fashion choices will be on display for the world to see. Decades before husband Donald Trump ran for president, Melania would showcase her flair for fashion on red carpets. In the early aughts, she would regularly hit premieres, fashion shows, and various other star-studded events. The Slovenian-born former fashion model has even attended the high-profile Met Gala on multiple occasions.
Prior to 2016, Melania would often wear glitzy head-turning dresses, but these days, her style is more toned down. She’s been known to favor American designers like Michael Kors and Ralph Lauren as well as French and Italian fashion houses like Valentino and Dior. As for shoes, Christian Louboutin’s popular So Kate silhouette and Manolo Blahnik’s best-selling BB pump are considered her go-tos. While she prefers a high stiletto heel for events, she tends to wear flats on the day to day. Here, take a look back at Melania Trump’s style through the years.
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Melania and Donald Trump attend the CFDA American Fashion Awards ceremony at the 69th Regiment Armory on June 3, 1999 in New York.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the Costume Institute Benefit Gala: “Party of the Year” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in spring 2003.
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Melania and Donald Trump pose at the Manolo Blahnik Vogue event at New York’s Phillips de Pury & Company in September 2003.
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Melania and Donald Trump are photographed outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute gala in May 2005.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscars party at Morton’s in West Hollywood.
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Donald Trump and Melania Knauss Trump attend the “Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century” Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum in April 2004.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s 2004 Fashion Awards at the New York Public Library.
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Melania and Donald Trump attend the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in September 2004.
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Melania Trump poses with husband Donald at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Annual Gala in New York in fall 2004.
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Melania Trump wears a white embellished dress and silver strappy sandals at Martha Graham Dance Company’s 2005 season opening gala at Tavern on the Green.
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Anne Grauso sits alongside Melania Trump front row at the Fall 2005 J. Mendel show in New York.
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Andre Leon Talley, Melania Trump and Donald Trump at Andre Leon Talley’s book launch party in New York City on June 7, 2005.
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Melania Trump poses with husband Donald and fashion designer Michael Kors at the designer’s dinne in 2005.
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Donald and Melania Trump pose at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2006 runway show in Bryant Park.
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Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend Fashion Group International’s 22nd Annual Night of Stars at Cipriani 42nd Street in October 2005.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the Museum of Modern Art’s reception for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in 2005.
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Melania and Donald Trump pose at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute gala in 2006.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend Oscar de la Renta’s spring 2007 runway show at Bryant Park Tent in June 2006.
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Melania Trump attends the J. Mendel spring 2007 runway show in Bryant Park.
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Melania and Donald Trump attend a party to celebrate the book “Threshold Resistance” by A. Alfred Taubman at the Four Seasons in New York in 2007.
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Melania and Donald Trump attend the Qatar Airways Gala Event at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York in 2007.
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Melania and Donald Trump pose with Gayle King in 2007 while attending the Qatar Airways Gala Event at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
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Donald and Melania Trump, wearing Michael Kors with Fred Leighton jewelry, attend the May 2007 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala in New York.
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Melania Trump poses alongside Donald at a 2007 dinner honoring tennis player Roger Federer.
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Donald and Melania Trump attends the premiere of “Sex and the City” at Radio City Music Hall in New York on May 27, 2008.
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Melania Trump attends the 2008 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala in New York, wearing a Vera Wang creation.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the premier of Nine at the Ziegfeld Theater in 2009.
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Melania and Donald Trump attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2009 Costume Institute gala.
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Melania Trump and her son Barron pose at the 3rd annual Baby Buggy Bedtime Bash in June 2009.
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Donald and Melania Trump attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2010 Costume Institute gala.
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Melania Trump watches Michael Kors’ Spring 2011 show with husband Donald.
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Donald and Melania Trump pose at a Studio 54 party in 2011.
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Melania Trump wears Louboutin pumps at the Marchesa NFL T--Shirt Launch in 2012.
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Melania Trump poses at the 2012 Met Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Melania Trump attends the 2015 Trump Invitational Grand Prix Mar-a-Lago Club at The Mar-a-Largo Club in Palm Beach on Jan. 4, 2015.
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Melania Trump wears nude stiletto pumps with Donald Trump at a debate in 2016.
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(L-R) U.S. President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he walks the parade route with first lady Melania Trump during the Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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Melania wears a white gown at the Liberty Ball on Jan. 20, 2017.
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Melania Trump wears white boots as she arrives at the White House with Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2020.
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Melania Trump wears white pumps with Donald Trump as they depart the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 27, 2020.
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Melania Trump wears olive-toned patent pumps during the second night of the Republican National Convention at the White House on Aug. 25, 2020.
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Melania Trump wears black patent leather Louboutin pumps in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22, 2020.
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Melania Trump is seen at the White House on Jan. 13, 2020.
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Melania Trump returns to the White House in Washington, D.C. on December 31, 2020.
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Melania Trump wears pink velvet pumps outside the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. on February 12, 2020.
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Melania Trump is seen arriving on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport with Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2021.
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Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive for a New Years event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach on Dec. 31, 2022.
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Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive for an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on Nov. 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Melania Trump arrives at Trump Tower in Manhattan on June 8, 2023 in New York City.
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Melania Trumps steps out in black flats in New York City on June 12, 2023.
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Donald Trump and Melania Trump leave after voting in Florida’s primary election at a polling station at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida on March 19, 2024.