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Jackie Kennedy: Jackie Kennedy will always be regaled as the First Lady of style. For theinaugural ball in 1961, she collaborated with Ethel Frankau of Bergdorf Goodman for a gown of her own design - a sleeveless ivory sheath in beaded silk chiffon with peau d'ange and a matching cape.![Jackie Kennedy]()
(Side note) Even Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress is a piece of fashion history (shown here on display at the Kennedy museum). The gown is made from over 50 yards of ivory silk taffeta!![Nancy Reagan]()
Nancy Reagan: Nancy Reagan earned some major style points for the shoulder bearing lace and silk satin beaded sheath dress designed by JamesGalancos that she wore at the 1981 inaugural ball. But she was also quite the fashionista on a casual day, in ladylike coats and heels.![Hilary Clinton]()
Hillary Clinton's purple beaded gown for the 1993 inauguration, by little-known designer Sarah Phillips, was heavily criticized.![Hillary Clinton]()
Hillary Clinton: It's a good thing Hillary had a second chance to get it right! She had everyone in awe the second time around in 1997 wearing a gold lace gown by Oscar de la Renta.![Claudia "e;Lady Bird"e; Johnson]()
Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson: She had some big fashion shoes to fill after taking over as First Lady for Jackie Kennedy. While some say she didn't exactly rise to thechallenge, she did look elegant and chic wearing a long yellow dress in a photo taken with her husband, Lyndon, in 1968.![Laura Bush]()
Laura Bush: Laura Bush looked refined and regal at the 2005 inaugural ball wearing an ice blue and silver embroidered tulle V-neck dress designed by the legendary Oscar de la Renta.![Rosalynn Carte]()
Rosalynn Carter: Carter wore a blue chiffon evening gown and coat, trimmed with gold braid, by Mary Matise for Jimmae when her husband was sworn in as the 39th president in 1977. The first lady received a lot of flack for wearing the same dress she sported six years earlier when her husband became governor of Georgia.![Betty Ford]()
Betty Ford: Although Ford never attended an inauguration ball (her husband Gerald took over for Nixon after he resigned), she still knew a thing or two about fashion (and accesories ... look at those shoes!)![Michelle Obama]()
Michelle Obama: Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia have already caused a fashion frenzy, with the next first lady wearing everything from Narciso Rodriguez couture to affordable dresses from stores like White House, Black Market. We can't wait to see what she wears at the ball tomorrow and are sure it will be a fashionable four years!Fashionable Inauguration Moments
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