{"id":50820,"date":"2026-04-14T21:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50820"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:44:34","slug":"melania-trump-welcomes-dutch-royals-in-erdem-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=50820","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump Welcomes Dutch Royals in Erdem Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">First Lady Melania Trump, alongside her husband, welcomed\u00a0King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands to the White House on Monday wearing a bold black and white cocktail dress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">To welcome the Dutch royals, Mrs. Trump chose a floral brocade dress from London-based brand Erdem. The dress is a ready-to-wear version, no longer available for purchase, of a <a href=\"https:\/\/erdem.com\/pages\/autumn-winter-25-collection\">runway look<\/a> that walked in Erdem\u2019s Autumn\/Winter 2025 show.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>The dress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farfetch.com\/shopping\/women\/erdem-floral-applique-sleeveless-dress-item-31784928.aspx?lang=en-US&amp;fsb=1&amp;clickref=1100lCeDxYVy&amp;utm_source=modesens&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=PHUS&amp;pid=performancehorizon_int&amp;c=PHUS&amp;clickid=1100lCeDxYVy&amp;af_siteid=modesens&amp;af_cost_model=CPA&amp;af_channel=affiliate&amp;is_retargeting=true\">retails<\/a> for $5,145.\u00a0Mrs. Trump paired the look with Christian Louboutin slingbacks \u2014 an unusual choice for the first lady, who typically wears classic pointed-toe Manolo Blahniks or Louboutin\u2019s So Kate pumps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600956\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243154.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>First Lady Melanie Trump and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at the White House for a dinner with the Dutch royal couple during their visit to Washington on April 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Patrick van Katwijk\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600961\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243194.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600961\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(L-R) Prime Minister Rob Jetten of The Netherlands, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, President Donald Trump of The United States and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House. (Patrick van Katwijk\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600991\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762788.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600991\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Salwan Georges\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600946\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243145.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600946\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2879\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Patrick van Katwijk\/Getty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600976\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243192.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600976\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Patrick van Katwijk\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601006\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762642.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601006\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Salwan Georges\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601046\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270760819.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601046\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270760819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Brendan Smialowski \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601041\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270760877.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601041\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270760877.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (C-R) arrives with Queen Maxima (not pictured) as they are welcomed by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump into the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601021\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271214249.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601021\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271214249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1229\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Win McNamee\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601011\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762825.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601011\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Salwan Georges\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600971\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243153.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600971\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271243153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Patrick van Katwijk\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601076\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270759828.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601076\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270759828.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Brendan Smialowski \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601066\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270760971.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601066\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270760971.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Brendan Smialowski \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601056\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270761097.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601056\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270761097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brendan Smialowski \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32601051\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271212671.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32601051\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271212671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>First Lady Melania Trump (R) and Queen M\u00e0xima of the Netherlands enter the Diplomatic Entrance of the White House on April 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600981\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762765.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600981\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Salwan Georges\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_32600986\" style=\"max-width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762705.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32600986\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270762705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Salwan Georges\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following the visit, Mrs. Trump announced that she would be overseeing a historic art loan from the White House of\u00a0James McNeill Whistler\u2019s <em>Nocturne<\/em>\u00a0so the piece can be included in an upcoming Whistler exhibit by the Tate Britain and the Van Gogh Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The art loan is significant, as paintings from the White House are typically only loaned to the National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at\u00a0jbinder@breitbart.com.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2026\/04\/14\/fashion-notes-melania-trump-welcomes-dutch-royals-erdem-cocktrail-dress\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lady Melania Trump, alongside her husband, welcomed\u00a0King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands to the White House on Monday wearing a bold black and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}