Melania Trump, who will soon resume her post as first lady, has yet to follow suit on such sartorial storytelling. During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, the Slovenian-born former model arrived perfectly coiffed and statuesque in her vertiginous Louboutin stilettos and tailored Christian Dior skirt suits.

In normal times, designers would queue up to work with the incoming First Lady to secure their speck of posterity. The gown Melania Trump wears to the President’s inaugural ball on Monday evening for instance,