As millions of people in cities across the United States joined the “No Kings” demonstrations and L.A. continued to resist immigration raids, Donald Trump and Melania Trump led the U.S. army’s 250th anniversary celebrations—and rang in his 79th birthday. The President told press that the huge, expensive event—which enlisted over 6,000 soldiers, teams of helicopters, tanks, and robot dogs—was an opportunity to “show off a little bit.”

A woman of few words but of more considered sartorial choices, the First Lady chose to wear a suit that spoke to their insular moment: Conservative, sharp, American made. Melania opted for an ivory and navy pinstripe twill suit with a nipped waist, double breasted jacket and skirt from U.S. designer Adam Lippes’s spring summer 2025 collection, most of which is sewn in New York. She paired it with denim Christian Louboutins.

Lippes previously dressed former First Ladies Jill Biden and Michelle Obama, as well as former vice president Kamala Harris. It’s not the first time Melania Trump has chosen his understated, elegant designs: She wore a navy suit and skirt by Lippes and paired it with a somber, flat wide-brim hat for her husband’s second inauguration.