very theater on april 14, 1865. it is a wool great coat. custom made by the brooks brothers for lincoln s second inaugural in march 1865. silk lining. very special coat. lincoln loved this coat very much. wore it on very special occasions, including his night out to the theater. as you can see, we are treating this coat very, very delicately. it is in very delicate condition. get behind it on the right side. yep. thank you. okay. just try to flip around. now you can see we are placing the great coat on the special mount. how does this guy work in the back here? oh, i see, yep. does this go around the cushion? yeah, i m pretty sure. now, it s draping over i think it needs to be a little higher. yeah. kind of folded. can you get the whole shoulder in there? yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. how s the tension on that? that all right? we sure about this guy right here? i think if we can pad the shoulder and then adjust the collar. that shoulder, it s weak but
so what goes into deciding which dress to wear? and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husband s administration? i think i think we like it to maybe be a little more political than it probably is. when we did there s a video playing in this exhibition. we were lucky enough to interview rosalint carter and laura bush about the dresses that they chose thinking maybe there was a symbolism. and mrs. carter in reality for sentimental reasons wore a dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. and mrs. bush just remembers collaborating with the designer, michael faircloth. and wanted a pretty party dress. the first lady wants it to be beautiful. she wants it to be comfortable. she wants it to be appropriate. i think appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes. they want to be appropriate for the occasion, appropriate for their age, appropriate for the circumstance, and think appropriate as a s