The outing was her first public appearance following Saturday’s assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump’s life, as well as her first worldwide photo-op in months. The former model turned out for the occasion, wearing a red modern version of the Christian Dior “Bar” suit.
The designer ensemble is a repeat for Trump, who first wore it for a 2017 official visit with the former president to Paris to meet French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. Her stylist Herve Pierre, said Thursday, “It’s nothing new – it’s just a repeat. But she loves that suit. She has beautiful clothes so she can repeat [looks.]”
To that point, the former FLOTUS also dipped into her closet earlier this month, choosing a red Valentino dress for the July 8 GOP fundraiser that she hosted in her Trump Tower penthouse. She had first donned that designer style in April 2017 for another global photo-op – to meet President Xi Jinping of China, and his wife Peng Liyuan at Mar-a-Lago.
For the RNC, Trump completed her look with red Christian Louboutin croc-effect stilettos. After shopping around for
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