US election 2020: Melania Trump wears $4,500 Gucci dress while voting in Florida

The first lady made her way to a polling centre in the swing state

US First Lady Melania Trump arrives to cast her vote during the 2020 presidential election at Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 3, 2020. Reuters

First Lady Melania Trump arrives to vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida on November, 3, 2020. AFP

First Lady Melania Trump leaves after casting her vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre polling place on November 3, 2020 in Palm Beach, Florida. AFP

First Lady Melania Trump arrives to cast her vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre polling place on November 03, 2020 in Palm Beach, Florida. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote for incumbent US President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. AFP

First Lady Melania Trump arrives to vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre on November 3, 2020, in Palm Beach, Florida. Jim Rassol / AP Photo

After voting, First Lady Melania Trump leaves the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link in Palm Beach, Florida on November, 3, 2020. AFP

After voting, First Lady Melania Trump, left, leaves the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link in Palm Beach, Florida on November, 3, 2020. AFP

After voting, First Lady Melania Trump, left, leaves the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link in Palm Beach, Florida on November, 3, 2020. AFP

The First Lady is registered to vote at her address at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. The centre was closed for approximately 45 minutes to accommodate Melania Trump’s vote. AFP

The First Lady is registered to vote at her address at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. The centre was closed for approximately 45 minutes to accommodate Mealnia Trump’s vote. With its 29 electoral votes, Florida is crucial to both candidates. / AFP / Zak BENNETT

After voting, First Lady Melania Trump, left, leaves the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre with the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link in Palm Beach, Florida on November, 3, 2020. AFP

First Lady Melania Trump says goodbye to Wendy Sartory Link, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, right, after voting at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in Palm Beach, Florida. AP photo

The US first lady, Melania Trump has cast her vote, stopping in at a voting centre in Palm Beach, Florida, close to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

Melania sported a $4,500 chain-print Gucci dress while voting in the swing state.

Asked why she didn’t vote with the Republican president last week, the First Lady told reporters on Tuesday: “It’s Election Day so I wanted to come here to vote today for the election.”

The first lady waved and smiled at reporters.

She was the only person not wearing a mask when she entered the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Centre to vote, presumably for her husband.

It’s unclear if she wore a face covering inside the voting centre.

Fake Melania theory?

Recently, there were "Fake Melania" conspiracy theories floating around social media after a photo showed President Trump boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House en route to the presidential debate in Nashville.

Alongside him was Melania, wearing dark sunglasses and her hair loose around her face, smiling for the waiting cameras.

But the photo is now at the centre of a raging internet debate among many who believe that the woman in the picture is not Melania at all.

Conspiracy theorists believe that the president regularly hires a body double to step in for his wife when she does not wish to accompany him on campaign trips and official duties – with theorists first floating this theory in October 2017.