Donald Trump hits back at Tom Ford for dissing Melania

A Donald Trump-friendly Las Vegas hotel has stopped selling Tom Ford products over the designer's refusal to dress his wife.

The Wynn Las Vegas hotel, whose owner Steve Wynn is reportedly good friends with the President-elect, has ceased sales of cosmetics and sunglasses of the Tom Ford brand.

The news came from Mr Trump himself, in an interview to Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends.

He said Wynn called him to say "he thought it was so terrible what Tom Ford said, that he threw his clothing out of his Las Vegas hotel".

The American fashion designer is one of many who have turned down the opportunity to dress the future First Lady.

The 55-year-old declined to dress Melania Trump years ago, saying "she's not necessarily my image", and has made known his thoughts on Mr Trump.

"I do have to say the simple fact that Donald Trump has got as far as he has is proof of the fact that our culture has dumbed down," he told Sky News during the campaign.

Trump told Fox his wife never asked Ford to dress her as First Lady and "doesn't like" Ford or his designs.

"I'm not a fan of Tom Ford, never have been," he said.

Meanwhile, designers Karl Lagerfeld and Ralph Lauren have been tipped as front-runners on a seemingly narrow race.

According to fashion magazine WWD, Lauren is believed to be working on a gown and an Inauguration Day ensemble for the Slovenian-born former model.

The only three other names who have shown interest in the challenge are Carolina Herrera, Jean-Paul Gautier and Tommy Hilfiger.

The Venezuelan-American designer said it "would be an honour to dress the First Lady", while Gautier simply asked "Why not?".

Hilfiger said that "any designer should be proud to dress her".