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A LUCKY bride-to-be can score the deal of a lifetime on Melania Trump’s wedding dress, which is being auction off for a fraction of what she paid for it.
Melania’s stunning gown from her 2005 wedding to President Donald Trump has been put up for auction on eBay.
The $100,000 couture Christian Dior dress is listed for just $45,000 or best offer, substack writer Liana Satenstein reported.
“Christian Dior’s wedding dress was specifically designed by John Galliano for Melania Trump’s wedding in 2005 to Donald Trump. United States PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP!” the eBay description for the listing read.
The auctioneer told Satenstein’s friend she purchased the dress from Melania in 2011 for $70,000 so she could wear it at her own wedding.
A friend-of-a-friend connected Melania and the seller so the purchase could happen.
Since then, the woman says the dress has been stored inside a box in her closet.
According to the seller, she only made slight changes to the dress, such as adding “a new layer of satin on the bottom, embroidery pieces on the top, and more fabric on the back of the dress” and straps.
Looking at close-up photographs of the gown, potential buyers will notice the careful attention to detail that Dior designers paid when creating it.
From the elegant silver embroidery in the center to the pleated bottom, the dress looks fit for royalty.
Melania memorably modeled the dress designed by John Galliano on the cover of Vogue in February 2005.
She is pictured wearing her lavish 16-foot veil as she places her hand on her hip and poses in the dress.
The cover read: “Donald Trump’s new bride. The ring, the dress, the wedding, the jet, the party.”
Vogue reported that the dress took 550 hours to complete and is made of 90 meters of satin.
The 60-pound gown is adorned with 1,500 Swarovski crystals, Page Six reported.
Melania, whose maiden name is Knauss, met with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour in 2005 to get fitted for her ornate dress.
Photos from the fitting show three Dior designers carefully inspecting Melania’s strapless dress.
Melania’s dress was just one of the most memorable things about the January 2005 wedding.
TRUMP WEDDING GUEST LIST
The eye-popping guest list for Donald and Melania’s nuptials at Mar-a-Lago on January 22, 2005
- Bill and Hillary Clinton – Trump’s political rivals
- Rudy Giuliani – Ex-New York Mayor
- Arnold Schwarzenegger – California Governor
- Mike Bloomberg – Ex-Republican presidential candidate
- Heidi Klum – Victoria Secret supermodel and America’s Got Talent host
- Shaquille O’Neal – NBA basketball legend
- Simon Cowell – America’s Got Talent and American Idol host
- Billy Joel – Singer who performed at the wedding
- Don King – Boxing promoter
- Bob Wright – President of NBC
- Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos – Live with Kelly and Mark host and actor respectively
- Kathie Lee Gifford and husband Frank Gifford – former host of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, and former football star respectively
- Barbara Walters – Host of The View and iconic journalist
- Star Jones – Ex-The View host
- Carolyn Kepcher – The Apprentice co-star
- Mark Burnett – Creator of The Apprentice
- Conrad Black – British businessman and newspaper owner
- Marty Richards – TV producer
- Paul Anka – Pop star and 1950s icon
- Dame Celia Lipton Farris – British actress and singer
- Tony Bennett – Legendary crooner
- Russell Simmons – Founder of hip-hop label Def Jam Records
- Les Moonves and wife Julie Chen – CBS chairman and Big Brother host respectively
- Al D’Amato – Former New York senator
- Katie Couric – Host of NBC’s Today show
- Matt Lauer – Ex-Today show host
- Stone Phillips – Dateline NBC co-anchor
- George H Ross – Trump Organization executive vice president
- Bill Brooks, Norman Goldblum, Jack McDonald, and Sam McLendon – Palm Beach Town Council members
The party included a whole roster of A-list celebrities and political figures such as Bill and Hillary Clinton and 350 other esteemed guests.
The reception took place at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, People reported.
“This was party, party, party and so social,” recalled wedding planner Preston Bailey.
“There were a lot of cliques, everybody seemed to know each other. This party was really going. There was no downtime so to speak.”
The couple recently celebrated their 20th anniversary on January 22, 2025.
