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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Violet Bramley

Why the outrage over this dress worn to the White House correspondents’ dinner?

Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Rauchet walks the red carpet at the White House correspondent's dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC on April 25, 2026.
Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Rauchet, in the inadvertent dress of the moment. Photograph: Nathan Posner/Shutterstock

Although far less important than the political violence at the White House correspondent’s dinner in Washington over the weekend, the sartorial choices of the Maga administration are now getting airtime – and one dress is causing a particular furore.

It is being reported that Jennifer Rauchet, wife of the US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, wore what appeared to resemble a gown listed on Shein for $42 (and similar to another on Temu for half the price).

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