Jill Biden’s Inaugural Looks Are Now Part of the Smithsonian

Featuring national treasures like Mary Lincoln’s 1861 purple velvet hoop skirt and bodice attributed to African American dressmaker Elizabeth Keckly, Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1961 yellow silk state dinner dress designed by Oleg Cassini, and Michelle Obama’s one-shouldered 2009 inaugural gown created by Jason Wu, the Smithsonian’s First Ladies Collection is a record of American fashion history as much as it is a showcase of personal style. Comprising more than 1,000 pieces of clothing, accessories, and other personal ephemera, the collection, on view at Washington, D.C.’s National Museum of American History, features at least one dress from every First Lady going all… Read Full Article