First Lady Melania Trump paid a subtle nod to Chinese tradition while hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan at the White House for a state visit on Thursday.
\n\nStyled by her fashion confidant Hervé Pierre, Mrs. Trump wore a single-breasted, black wool mohair light tweed jacket from Alexander McQueen. The jacket features the London label’s signature asymmetric closure — loosely mimicking the overlapping Mandarin collar made famous by China’s Qing dynasty.
\n\nMrs. Trump paired the jacket with a matching light tweed skirt and black velour Pigalle Follies pumps from Christian Louboutin.
\n\nWhile the McQueen jacket retails for nearly $3,000, the skirt goes for $1,490. The Louboutin stilettos can only be found on second-hand sites like TheRealReal or Poshmark, ranging from $356 to $795.
\n\nPeng Liyuan, China’s first lady, from left, Xi Jinping, China’s president, US President Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump during a greeting ceremony for a state visit at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to maintain a trade truce until early 2027, with neither ready to upend relations between the world’s biggest economies even as tensions…
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