Melania Trump has become famous for her understated fashion sense, often opting for European designers like Christian Dior, Valentino, and Dolce & Gabbana.
To make her elegant ensembles happen, the First Lady works directly with Hervé Pierre Braillard, the former creative director of Carolina Herrera, but many times, he’s not having custom pieces made.
Pierre revealed to The New York Times in 2017 that much of what Melania wears is straight off the rack.
When the former model does wear American designers, she will dig inside her own closet for archival items from high end fashion houses, or Pierre procures the pieces for her directly.
Pierre, who previously worked for Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, and Christian Dior, will go shopping without saying who he’s pulling pieces for.
‘I go to Bergdorf, I go to Saks. Michael Kors, Dior,’ the designer, who also worked at Balmain, revealed. ‘What is challenging is when I cannot say what it is for.’
Instead, Pierre has to ask if it…
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