By Katherine Tinsley
3:14pm PDT, Sep 18, 2025
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Melania Trump wore a floor-length yellow gown that showcased her neckline, but many royal watchers found the outfit to be too revealing for a royal dinner. To make matters worse, her chunky belt appeared flesh-tone in some photos, making it seem as though she'd chosen a midriff-baring ensemble for a state dinner. "At first glance, I thought Melania was wearing a crop top," someone wrote on X, while another said, "She had me there, I thought it was a cropped two-piece."
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The criticism kept pouring in. "Not at all flattering. Not very beautiful. What is up with that pink belt? I don't know, seems odd and not pretty. I don't like it," one person commented. "Awful dress for a State Banquet, quite disrespectable for the occasion, but she is American, I suppose," another added.
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"Yellow is not a good color on her at all. Looks like a tacky Big Bird. And the bare shoulders, not cool," one user complained. "Melania has very attractive shoulders," another chimed in. "But an off-the-shoulder dress is too Vegas for an English state dinner."
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One hater compared Melania Trump's attire to an adult film star. "Shoulders shoulders! Not the shoulders! This is p*********** to [me]," one user stated.
DailyMail.com clarified that the first lady didn't break protocol despite the public's disapproval.
