Turnbull defends Mrs Trump's shoe choice

She was snapped boarding Air Force One to tour flood-ravaged Texas wearing snakeskin stilettos, but Malcolm Turnbull has come to the defence of Melania Trump.

The Australian prime minister quipped that blokes get off pretty easily when it comes to choosing what to wear to disaster regions.

"I think people are so hard, tough on women and what they wear whether they're in the media or politics or public life," he told WSFM radio on Thursday.

"Have you ever heard anyone complain about what a male politician wears or indeed a male media personality. It is very unfair."

Mrs Trump wore the black high heels onto the plane in the rain but changed into white sneakers before landing in Houston.