Posted on 05/26/2017 12:39:07 PM PDT by drewh
It's the final day of Donald and Melania Trump's first official tour as President and First Lady, and it looks like 47-year-old Melania is eager to go out with a sartorial bang.
After having made a chic arrival in Sicily, where her husband is attending a G7 summit, Melania stepped out Friday morning in the coastal down of Catania, making a very stylish statement in a $51,500 coat by Dolce & Gabanna, which was covered with colorful 3-D flower embellishments - and came complete with a matching $1,630 purse by the Italian luxury label.
However, the First Lady traded the statement coat for a shimmery, high-neck silver dress and equally sparkly $945 shoes by Dolce & Gabanna to attend a concert by the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra at the ancient Greek Theatre of Taormina with her husband, President Trump, on Friday evening.
Although the price of the one-of-a-kind dress is not known, made-to-order dresses from D&G's couture runway shows reportedly start at a minimum of $40,000.
Melania looked radiant as she and Trump arrived hand-in-hand at the concert, which was attended by other G7 leaders, including France's new president, Emmanuel Macron.
Macron gave a big smile when he shook hands with Melania, just one day after his awkward handshake with her husband.
At their first meeting ahead of the NATO Summit in Brussels on Thursday, the two leaders locked hands for so long that knuckles started turning white.
Trump finally seemed ready to pull away - but Macron evidently wasn't. The French president held the shake for a few seconds more. Both men's jaws seemed to clench.
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She is always gorgeous. The only thing I’ve seen her wear that I thought was gaudy was the flower jacket.
So nice to have a classy FLOTUS
She’s prepping for The Rose Parade..............
I think she was playing to the Italians
It’s so much easier being a guy!
Italians would eat that up with a spoon, though. Especially with all the flowers out now.
Italian men and women would stop dead in their tracks and gasp.
Sicilian table grapes are, after all, as BIG as your thumb.
Brava Sicilia.
It makes her look fat. Nevertheless, Melania has been a paragon of class throughout the trip. Best FLOTUS in my lifetime. No one else comes close.
Looks like just got out of bed and threw her housecoat on.
Even the dress lining and the dag nabbed SHOES were coordinated.
American women can be feminine again.
exactly, D & G is the home team at La Scala!
Absolutely stunning. One of her best looks.
Yowza! Perfect getup for Italy.
I think she was playing to the Italians
That makes sense. I know nothing about Italian fashion.
It makes sense after seeing your explanation.
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