Melania Trump makes it attractive and appropriate in the UK.
The 55-year-old first lady arrived at Windsor Castle in a tailored Christian Dior haute couture jacket and skirt on Tuesday, protecting her eyes from the camera and topped with a wide-looking hat that contrasts with the grey sky above a walled garden.
Holding hands with President Donald Trump, she joined Prince Prince and Princess of Wales for a highly anticipated walk during her historic national visit.
Kate Middleton, 43, took up the tones of autumn jewels herself, wearing a maroon Emilia Wicksted coat dress and coordinated Jane Taylor hat, offering a structured Chanel handbag in the same rich shade.
The pairing created an impressive visual at a meticulously viewed meeting. There, Trump reportedly told Kate, “You’re beautiful, so beautiful.”
Forget red, white and blue – chestnut and plum are new colours of diplomacy.
In Melania’s case, the Dior Ensemble marked another chapter in the carefully curated state and sight wardrobe. Yesterday, she left Andrews with a sandy barbed trench lined up at the label’s iconic check, cascaded along the waist and paired it with Dior empointed boots.
Windsor Walk repeated the sense of diplomatic dressing as both women maintained structured silhouettes, muted jewel tones, and hats in statements that drew attention from the entire castle grounds.
Melania’s dramatic headpiece evoked some of her most memorable Millenary moments, from the wide white Helve Pierre hat she wore while welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018 to Navy Eric Javitz Boeter, who covered her face during the president’s inauguration in January. On that occasion, the rim of the hat was very wide, preventing President Trump from planting a proper kiss on her cheek, resulting in a nasty first air kiss.
In Windsor, the plum-colored statement piece reminded me that I still know how to use hats as both armor and spectacles.
