Melania Trump’s stunning designer wedding dress appears to be for sale on eBay for a shocking price.
The First Lady’s extravagant Christian Dior gown by John Galliano, which she wore to her nuptials with President Donald Trump in 2005, is supposedly up for grabs.
On Tuesday, Liana Satenstein – a writer on Substack – told her Neverworns subscribers that the couture dress was now on the market.
She explained that her friend, Patricia Torvalds, had stumbled across the gown while looking for ’80s Dior dresses.’
The eBay listing that she then cited has been live since January 21, 2025.
In the description of the item, the online seller claimed to have purchased the dress in 2010 from Melania directly, who she shared a mutual friend with, paying $70,000.
However, Melania reportedly paid $187,000 for the gown originally – making its listed price of $45,000 a staggering reduced rate, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
The iconic dress is made from 300 duchesse satin with a figure-hugging silhouette and mermaid skirt.
Melania Trump’s stunning designer wedding dress appears to be for sale on eBay for a shocking price
The First Lady’s extravagant Christian Dior gown by John Galliano, which she wore to her nuptials with President Donald Trump in 2005, is supposedly up for grabs
The eBay listing that she then cited has been live since January 21, 2025
Melania chose the gown for her big day with Anna Wintour, fashion icon and previous Vogue editor-in-chief, in Paris
Per the posting, the 13-foot train was hand-embroidered with Swarovski crystals for a reported 550 hours.
The eBay seller admitted to making a few small changes to the dress including, ‘new layer of satin to the bottom of the dress and a few more embroidery pieces on the top.’
‘Plus there was a new layer of fabric that was added to the back of the dress and straps as my chest is much bigger than Melania’s,’ they continued.
She said the dress is now a size 4 to 6, but if the bride were to remove the back panel, it would go back to being Melania’s size which was a 0-2.
The unnamed seller also included that the dress was only worn twice.
Despite the seller’s claim, a source told Women’s Wear Daily that Melania’s real couture gown was in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
Melania modeled the dress and the matching 16-foot-long veil on the cover of Vogue in February 2005 after her Palm Beach wedding.
She chose the gown for her big day with Anna Wintour, fashion icon and previous Vogue editor-in-chief, in Paris.
In the description of the item, the online seller claimed to have purchased the dress in 2010 from Melania directly, who she shared a mutual friend with, paying $70,000
The iconic dress is made from 300 duchesse satin with a figure-hugging silhouette and mermaid skirt
Per the posting, the 13-foot train was hand-embroidered with Swarovski crystals for a reported 550 hours
The eBay poster admitted to making a few small changes to the dress including, ‘new layer of satin to the bottom of the dress and a few more embroidery pieces on the top’
Melania modeled the dress and the matching 16-foot-long veil on the cover of Vogue in February 2005 after her Palm Beach wedding
Her wedding dress shopping journey was detailed in a 14-page Vogue story as well as the cover.
It weighs a shocking 60 pounds, according to the original Vogue article.
Trump proposed to the former model in April 2004 on the way to the Met Gala before the couple splashed out somewhere between $350,000 and $400,000, per WWD.
A-list celebrities and politicians came to their special day including Hillary Clinton, Heidi Klum, Kelly Ripa, Les Moonves, Tina Brown, Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, Tony Bennett, Richard Branson, Mohammed Al-Fayed, Steve Wynn, Donna Summer, Gayle King, Billy Joel, Simon Cowell, Kimora Lee, Russell Simmons, Rudy Giuliani, per WWD.
Almost a year after their wedding, in March 2006, Melania gave birth to their only son Barron, now 19.