this sense that it belongs to the american people. reporter: most former first ladies catalog important items of clothing and donate them, either to a presidential library or to a museum. something melania did in 2017, with her inauguration gown, designed by her stylist erve pierre, giving it to the first ladies exhibit. pierre, incidentally, also the designer of the white hat. there have been auctions of former first lady items, but those have taken place after they have died. most notably the auction of jacqueline kennedy s possessions in 1996, two years after her death. and three decades after her time in the white house. arguably one of the most popular first ladies in american history renowned for her style, the auction made the kennedy estate millions of dollars. but melania trump is very much alive, living in palm beach, not doing public events, and as of last month dabbling in the world
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