Melania Trump's Inaugural Ball gown may have been a nod to the American Dream. The first lady attended three balls on Monday night after her husband, Donald Trump, was inaugurated as the 47th U.S. president.

The chapeau, designed by renowned American milliner Eric Javits, nearly didn’t make it to the big day. "It arrived all crushed," Eric revealed, describing the panic that ensued after the hat was shipped from his Miami office to New York. "It looked like it had been sitting in snow drifts for about a week," he told WWD on Monday.