Melania Trump Wore Another Pale Pink Sheath Dress to Announce Her Africa Trip Itinerary
She's just launched Be Best, so what's Melania Trump going to do next? She's going to Ghana! And Malawi, Kenya and Egypt.
The First Lady finally announced her itinerary for her highly anticipated first solo international trip to Africa, which she first spoke about earlier this summer. Ironically her decision to visit the continent came just months after the president referred to the continent's "sh— hole countries" during a closed-door meeting about immigration. Just recently, Donald and Melania hosted the President and First Lady of Kenya at the White House, so at least things seem to have been smoothed over there.
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Though she's traveled internationally with her husband across the globe, this is Melania's first time flying solo on official FLOTUS duty (per CNN, she did visit Toronto, Canada for a brief one day trip earlier this year, but this is the one that counts). She's not unique in choosing to visit Africa. First Ladies before her, including Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton also visited the continent on solo trips.
In a statement last month, Melania said she is "excited to educate myself on the issues facing children throughout the continent, while also learning about (Africa's) rich culture and history."
She made the itinerary announcement in front of a room full of the spouses of U.N. leaders who are currently meeting at the General Assembly in New York this week. The Trumps — visiting their old stomping grounds — didn't get the warmest of welcomes from New Yorkers — or U.N. leaders for that matter. While addressing the room on Tuesday, Trump was laughed at during his speech, while Twitter users theorized that Melania's all-black outfit was not a sign of her New York pride (we like the color black, sue us) but a dig at her husband, meant as a show of support for the women who have accused her husband's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault. Melania has not publicly spoken about the allegations against Kavanaugh.
Melania took the podium on Wednesday in a blush pink high-collar dress by Scanlan Theodore ($600), sporting a slightly updated hairstyle — notice the deeper side part and more subdued waves. A new 'do would make sense, considering her hairstylist is based in New York.
The look is quite the 180 from last year's address, where she spoke to the spouses of U.N. leaders about the harmful effects of cyberbullying. (If you're thinking, 'Oh, the irony!' with regards to the President's Twitter account, then you're not the only one.) For that occasion, Melania wore a hot pink Delpozo coat dress with voluminous, puffy sleeves and matching Barbie-pink stilettos. Some Twitter users unfamiliar with the genius of Delpozo's outgoing creative director, Josep Font, ripped apart the capital F fashion look, and FLOTUS's camp was quick to call them out for, well, cyberbullying.
By comparison, her look this time around is much more subdued. Her message, however, is the same. FLOTUS continues to champion her Be Best campaign, which she unveiled to the public earlier this year during a press conference on the White House lawn, where she was outfitted in buttery leather Ralph Lauren leather jacket.
While this is the first time in a while we've seen FLOTUS in something other than belted coat or shirt dress, it's far from the first time that she's opted for the pale pink hue, which we've gone as far as dubbing "passenger seat pink." While hosting the King and Queen of Jordan at the White House, she opted for a leather Proenza Schouler number, and she also wore a similar silhouette by Roland Mouret in the same hue for a wedding last year.
We have a feeling she'll opt for something a bit more practical when she heads to Africa, but fingers crossed she leaves that parka at home.
