Ivanka Trump chose a black and white Givenchy haute couture gown on Monday for the Inaugural Night Balls.
Trump’s Inaugural Night Givenchy haute couture gown was inspired by a 1953 style from the house’s archives. It is a bustier gown with an overskirt in off-white silk taffetas that is overlaid with tone-on-tone organdy and trimmed with a black silk satin organza ruffle. The dress is also embellished with black handprint and thread work in floral motifs.
US President Donald Trump (2nd L) stands with First Lady Melania Trump, US Vice President J.D. Vance, Second Lady Usha Vance, Jared Kushner, daughter Ivanka Trump, granddaughter Kai Madison Trump, sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and daughter Tiffany during the Liberty inaugural ball in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.
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It was known whether Trump traveled to Paris for fittings. She is said to be working with an in-the-know stylist whose full-time job is on the editorial side of Town & Country. That individual did not acknowledge media inquiries.
Having modeled in her pre-Wharton Business School days and run her own fashion business for a stretch, Trump understands the inner workings, as well as the challenges and chargebacks and everything else that goes with the industry. Trump’s late mother Ivana worked as a model as a young woman. And her sister-in-law Karlie Kloss is a global runway pro, entrepreneur and investor.
Vice President JD Vance, Usha Vance, Tiffany Trump, Michael Boulos, Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, Lara Trump, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner dance at the Liberty Ball.
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Givenchy is now headed up creatively by one of Kate Middleton’s favorite designers, Sarah Burton, who created the Princess of Wales’ wedding dress, during her former role at Alexander McQueen. Burton joined the French luxury house last fall, succeeding the American designer Matthew Williams.
Ivanka Trump (R) and her husband Jared Kushner.
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As many in the fashion community understand, dressing political figures can be fraught, regardless of a designer’s personal’s beliefs and practices. Unlike during Donald Trump’s first administration, when his daughter Ivanka served as a special advisor, she has made it clear that that will not be the case in his second term.
As for whether Givenchy was wary of what the response to the house’s dressing Trump might be, a spokesman said, “The House of Givenchy has always been dedicated to celebrating creativity, elegance and craftsmanship, values that transcend cultural, social and political boundaries.”
To that point, Givenchy has dressed several political notables over the years, including Jill Biden in 2019, the now former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2022, Michelle Obama in 2018, and Queen Rania of Jordan in 2016.
The choice of Givenchy was a changing of the guard for Trump, so to speak, as in switching camps from an American designer to a French one. On Sunday the first daughter counted on Oscar de la Renta‘s design duo of Laura Kim and Fernardo Garcia for two inauguration-related outfits. The 43-year-old mother of three made quite an entrance at Arlington National Cemetery for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, by wearing an orchid appliqué cashmere coat in camel, and a jewel-button detailed dress beneath it. Trump later turned up at the Candlelight Dinner at the National Building Museum in an off-the-shoulder glittery cocktail gown from the American house.
