For the occasion, Melania wore a statement dress that leaned heavily into New Year’s Eve glamour: a sleeveless, metallic, sequin-covered silhouette with a sculpted finish. Multiple fashion reports identified it as the Manu Sequin maxi dress by The New Arrivals by Ilkyaz Ozel, a brand known for modern, high-impact eveningwear.
She kept styling relatively restrained—minimal jewelry, polished makeup, and her signature loose waves—letting the dress do the heavy lifting visually.
Photos and video quickly circulated online, and the comment sections lit up just as fast. Some critics took aim at the dress’s ultra-reflective finish and sleek fit, turning the look into a debate about “appropriateness,” image, and optics for a First Lady at a public-facing political-era event.
“That’s alot [sic] of tin foil,” one netizen jabbed.
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