Melania Trump, fashion icon: 20 of her statement looks before Donald Trump became US president
- Before moving to the White House, Melania’s fashion sense was a far cry from the calculated chic of her time as America’s first lady
- We recall 20 of her pre-White House looks, from fur coats to the simple ‘jeans and a nice top’ combo she wore to attend a fashion show in 2005
Like it or not, Melania Trump will be remembered as one of the best dressed First Ladies in American history.
Before moving to the White House, however, her fashion sense was a far cry from the calculated image of the chic Melania Trump we’ve come to know during her White House years.
Melania had been a successful model before meeting Donald Trump in New York in the late 1990s – they married in 2005 – so she knew a thing or two about fashion. Her personal style, however, was a bit more ostentatious, even risqué, back then.
As these outfits that predate her husband’s political career demonstrate, Melania always knew how to look fabulous, but it was only after Trump took office that she shed her image as a flashy socialite and mastered the rules of chic dressing.
