Incoming first lady Melania Trump wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day.

“It was important to us to uphold and celebrate the tradition of creating iconic American style for this moment,” the Lauren corporation said in a statement.

President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania
President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania

With her hair in a soft updo and wearing long, sky-blue suede gloves and matching stilettos, Melania was greeted at the White House by outgoing president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama, the latter in a deep red-belted short-sleeved dress with black piping and a matching coat.

President Donald Trump, wearing a red tie and black overcoat, opted to leave his suit jacket unbuttoned.

Trump’s oldest daughter, Ivanka, chose white Oscar de la Renta and wore a tiny American flag pin, and Hillary Clinton showed up in a white Ralph Lauren pantsuit that harkened back to one she wore to accept the Democratic nomination for president in July. Her overcoat matched the ensemble. Tiffany Trump also opted for white and wore a double-breasted coat.

President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as first lady Michelle Obama and Melania Trump talk at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as first lady Michelle Obama and Melania Trump talk at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Who else made a large fashion statement for Trump’s big day? His senior adviser, Kellyanne Conway, in a Gucci military-style wool coat of red, white and blue, with two rows of cat-head buttons and a red cloche hat. She described her look as “Trump revolutionary wear.” Others likened it to uniforms worn in The Nutcracker ballet.

Melania’s look, with its bolero-style jacket, prompted comparisons to a fashion icon of the past, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who wore a powder-blue outfit with a matching pillbox hat to John F Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
President-elect Donald Trump’s wife Melania Trump (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

On Thursday, when inauguration events kicked off, Melania shimmered in gold for the Candlelight Dinner. Her long-sleeved beaded gown was by Reem Acra. Ivanka wore a strapless de la Renta gown with a large black bow at the back.

For the wreath-laying ceremony earlier that day at Arlington National Cemetery, Mrs Trump wore a black military-style coat by the New York-based designer Norisol Ferrari. Ivanka provided Thursday’s pop of colour in kelly green de la Renta.