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In today's Daily Edit we join Melania Trump's fun day out with the Chelsea Pensioners - and are delighted to see her champion British designer Victoria Beckham with her wardrobe choice. We look forward to seeing the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex at this weekend's Wimbledon Women's Singles final. And we hear what Tom Cruise had to say about George Clooney's motorbike accident ... All this and more in HELLO!'s daily update - available every day from 5pm. Join us each day to make sure you're up to date with all the news about your favourite celebrities and royals.

First Lady Melania Trump glowed as American royalty as she arrived for an evening at Blenheim Palace, near Oxford, in the United Kingdom alongside President Trump. Melania Trump channeled “Belle” from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when she stepped out with the president in a yellow chiffon, off-the-shoulder draped evening gown by J. Mendel which featured a regal cape. The gown is from Mendel’s Spring 2018 ready-to-wear collection and looks to be a nod to Princess Diana’s famous blue chiffon gown that she wore to the Cannes Film Festival in 1987. Both gowns feature a criss-cross bodice and flowing chiffon...

The interweaving of political/social references and luxe streetwear designs has become the touchstone of Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarria's fashion shows. For his Fall/Winter 2018 show in February, black and brown models walked down the runway with pained expressions and tears on their faces, possibly symbolizing the effect of police brutality, violence, and other tragedies plaguing minorities. This season, Willy Chavarria debuted his new soccer-inspired collaboration with sportswear brand Hummel. The political references were still there, including a sweatshirt with the word "American" flipped upside down, another sweatshirt flipped the American flag, and then there was Maxine Waters. No, not in...

First Lady Melania Trump arrived in windy Melsbroek, Belgium, alongside President Trump for their week-long international trip, wearing a classic trench coat and black stilettos. Mrs. Trump channeled Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s as she stepped off Air Force One in a Burberry trench coat and slick black Christian Louboutin pumps.

The interweaving of political/social references and luxe streetwear designs has become the touchstone of Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarria's fashion shows. For his Fall/Winter 2018 show in February, black and brown models walked down the runway with pained expressions and tears on their faces, possibly symbolizing the effect of police brutality, violence, and other tragedies plaguing minorities. This season, Willy Chavarria debuted his new soccer-inspired collaboration with sportswear brand Hummel. The political references were still there, including a sweatshirt with the word "American" flipped upside down, another sweatshirt flipped the American flag, and then there was Maxine Waters. No, not in...

Donald Trump is making his first presidential visit to the UK next week, and the First Lady Melania is set to be the most crucial member of his entourage, amid planned meetings with the Queen and Theresa May. Huge protests are expected in London for Trump's first full day in the capital next Friday, but Melania, 48, could well be the key to ensuring the visit is still a success regardless, thanks to her positive effect on his public image. Branding expert Claire Shiels told Femail: 'There can be no doubt that Melania balances out her husband’s brash, in-your-face personality...

First Lady Melania Trump showed off her American patriotism in a luxury ensemble at President Trump’s 4th of July picnic for U.S. armed service members on the White House South Lawn Wednesday. Mrs. Trump wore a festive red, white, and blue outfit that featured Ralph Lauren’s “Rivera” gingham evening dress paired with a fierce crimson red leather belt by Alexander McQueen. Mrs. Trump chose matching red Christian Louboutin pointed flats with the look.

First Lady Melania Trump welcomed King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the White House in a prim and proper summer dress that was a perfect fit for tea time. On Tuesday, Mrs. Trump rocked a Valentino leaf embroidered white and dark green dress, cinching her waist with a bright white belt to show off her small frame. The Slovenian-born former model paired her Italian frock with a pair of dark green Manolo Blahnik stilettos, matching Queen Letizia who wore a similar pink pair with her Michael Kors sheath dress.

President Trump said the jacket first lady Melania Trump wore while boarding a plane to Texas to visit illegal-immigrant detention camps was a gibe at the media. The jacket, which had graffiti-like lettering spelling out “I really don’t care, do u,” caused a furor among media types who called it insensitive in light of their insistence that the Trump administration was torturing children. Not so, the president said. “‘I REALLY DON’T CARE, DO U?’ written on the back of Melania’s jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares!”...

John Galliano set out Friday to redefine 21st-century masculinity with corsets, sensual satins and vinyl trousers to "liberate" men from their sartorial shackles. The British designer's new collection for Maison Margiela at Paris men's fashion week not only blurred the lines between genders, but blew them away with shiny pink ribbon belts and a haute couture decadence that rarely treads the male catwalk. Inspired by genderless fashion boutiques now springing up in London and elsewhere, Galliano put out a podcast to explain how he is plotting to release men from the straitjackets of suits and streetwear. "I have been questioning...

The Gangnam district is known as "South Korea's Beverly Hills" for its exorbitant real-estate prices and wealthy residents. •Property in Gangnam is three and a half times as expensive as South Korea's real-estate average. •The Gangnam neighborhoods of Cheongdam and Apgujeong are full of luxury fashion houses, plastic-surgery clinics, high-end real estate, and the homes of many Korean celebrities. •PSY's international song "Gangnam Style" famously lampooned the wealthy district, which has an outsized reputation in Korean culture. Ever since PSY's international mega-hit "Gangnam Style" in 2012, people all over the world have heard the name of Seoul's most affluent district....

Western fashion’s traditionally strict gender delineations have been gathering criticism for some time. It’s come up often in our geek-specific spheres specifically in regard to children’s fashion and fandom-based merchandise, but as a recent article from Mic explores, mainstream fashion has its own struggles with ideas of de-gendering clothing. A few years ago, Zara released a gender-neutral line of clothing. In theory, it was a great step forward for inclusivity of nonbinary and nonconforming people as well as anyone else looking to get away from established gender norms. In reality, though, the line was essentially just male-coded clothing in drab,...

America’s top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, held historic meetings with North Korean diplomats in New York this week. And he wore green Army men socks while doing it.

If you want to say that you want to have a sparkling eye, then the trend of placing jewelry in the eye may be a thing you should try. The doctor at Park Avenue LASEK, United States, showed how the procedure is performed. The eye specialist, Emil Chynn tapped how he putted up a small platinum heart-shaped jewelry into the eyes of a patient. Starting with given anasthesia and sterilization the surface of the eye to minimum the risks of infection. After that he made a 3 millimeters incision and heart jewelry was inserted. The procedure only takes about five...

President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner — both White House advisers — led the United States delegation in Jerusalem, Israel on Monday for the opening of the new U.S. embassy. Alongside the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, Ivanka announced the opening of the embassy which was revealed by the drop of a curtain. “Today we dedicated the new US Embassy in Jerusalem – a longtime promise to the American and Israeli people,” Ivanka wrote on her Instagram.....In true Ivanka fashion, she donned a pair of pearl earrings to top off...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBSNewYork) – President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania hosted their first state dinner at the White House on Tuesday. Now, the first lady’s clothes have more than just fashion experts talking. Many of the items at the retail store Necessary Clothing in SoHo, Manhattan are influenced by celebrity styles — with price tags most can afford. Soon, the store’s assistant buyer says you may see their selection turn a little bit more presidential. “After seeing Melania’s stunning, masterful piece… That is something I hope one day we get to carry at Necessary Clothing,” said Leeanna DeSimone. The...

On Tuesday night, First Lady Melania and President Donald Trump hosted their first state dinner, welcoming the President and First Lady of France, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron. Following First Lady etiquette, Melania wore a gown designed by a French fashion house, making her state dinner debut in a glittering custom-made Chanel gown with sheer embellished paneling falling from the bottom hem and decorating the neckline. It seems Trump may have taken inspiration from the gown Michelle Obama wore for her first state dinner in 2009—a strapless crème-colored Naeem Khan frock with metallic detailing. While Michelle’s first state dinner was for...

The day began with a hat. It ended with the hat, too. Not literally, but nostalgically. Over the course of 12 hours, no Cézanne at the National Gallery, no forest of cherry blossom branches, no Clinton or Bush china, no goat cheese gâteau, not even Chanel haute couture could compare to that magnificent halo of pure white light perched atop first lady Melania Trump’s perfectly groomed head. Nothing else mattered. There was nothing else. That hat, broad-brimmed with a high, blocked crown, announced the first lady’s presence as boldly and theatrically as a brigade of trumpeters. It was the bright...

Ivanka Trump looked ethereal as she made her way to a state dinner today at the White House. Walking hand-in-hand with her husband, Jared Kushner, the daughter of President Donald Trump arrived at the celebration in a romantic Rodarte gown with classic black pumps. The pink dress from the luxury label’s spring ’18 line featured a tired tulle silhouette with polka dot prints, ruffles around the collar and a floral accessory at the bodice. Her pointy pumps had a 4-inch heel and she completed the outfit with dangling sparkly earrings. Special guests included Vice-President Mike Pence and his wife Karen,...

Clearly CNN's Catty Camea-rot-a Diminished by Melania's Hat. Camea-rot-a: "Let's talk about what was very attention-grabbing earlier in the day, her lid," "And that is the hat." "My phone blew up, and um, you know, 'the hat the hat the hat,'" said Bennett. Camea-rot-a: "Do you think these (Celebrities) were the inspiration?"