Melania Trump, stop copying other First Ladies and forge your own style

First she lifted lines from Michelle Obama’s speech. Now photos and memes have surfaced that the Ralph Lauren Collection suit she wore to husband Donald Trump’s inauguration was a replica of a pink cowl-neck suit Jackie Kennedy wore.

Melania Trump has done it again — plagiarized a former First Lady, that is.

First she lifted lines from Michelle Obama’s speech. Now photos and memes have surfaced that the Ralph Lauren Collection powder-blue skirt suit she wore to husband Donald Trump’s inauguration was an exact replica of a pink cowl-neck suit Jackie Kennedy wore at a fashion pictorial. (#America First, Originality Second.)

Though it’s unclear who exactly designed the original Kennedy suit, Oleg Cassini was Jackie’s go-to designer, and the pink suit bears many of his hallmarks.

Vogue and other style watchers noted that Melania’s custom outfit — paired with matchy-matchy gloves, clutch and stilettos — channeled the elegance of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inauguration.

Little did they know that the design was ripped off from one Jackie suit and the color from another.

Though she styled herself minus Jackie’s trademark pillbox hat, Melania seems to like taking pages from other First Ladies’ playbooks. While both Jackie Kennedy and Michelle Obama stepped into the role of First Fashion Plate as if they were born to it, and made icons of designers like Cassini, Cristobal Balenciaga, or in Obama’s case helped launch the careers of lesser-known designers like Phillip Lim and Derek Lam, Melania clearly needs a FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States) guidebook and role model.

Dressing FLOTUS is considered a very big deal among American designers, and, although some were reluctant or downright unwilling to design for the incoming First Lady, like Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs (more on that later), Melania elected to go with Ralph Lauren, who happens to be Hillary Clinton’s go-to designer.

But who could blame her? Born and raised in Slovenia (part of the former Yugoslavia), Melania is the first immigrant and second foreign-born woman to become First Lady. The playbook for Slovenian model turned business magnate’s wife turned First Lady hasn’t been written… yet.

The statuesque Melania, who towers at 5’11” like Michelle Obama, started modeling at five and doing commercials at 16. At 18 she

Apple of The Donald’s eye: Melania in the inauguration ball gown she co-designed with former Carolina Herrera creative director Hervé Pierre

B*tch stole my look: Melania Trump’s Ralph Lauren Collection inauguration dress (right) replicates Jackie Kennedy’s cowl-neck suit.

Showing off her curves at the pre-inauguration dinner in a nude sequined number by Reem Acra

What’s new, pussycat? FLOTUS is a fan of the pussy-bow look (top by Gucci).