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10 best inauguration ball gowns: From Michelle Obama to Mamie Eisenhower Naomi May
When Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth President, James Madison, hosted the first Inauguration Ball in 1809, she sported a scoop-necked, hand-embroidered cream velvet gown with a long and winding train. According to one attendee, Madison’s ensemble “answered all my ideas of royalty.”
In the years since First Ladies have followed in Madison’s footsteps, embracing the grandeur of the Ball while also setting the tone of their agenda by painting a visual narrative of the incoming administration.
In some cases, the cost of the gown worn to the Ball has made the biggest splash. To make an economical statement amid a recession in 1977, Rosalynn Carter recycled an off-the-rack Mary Matise for Jimmae frock which she’d worn twice before; while in 1981 and 1985, financial boom years in America, Nancy Reagan opted for gowns by American couturier, Jamas Galanos, who once famously
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Inauguration Day is here. This hour, Connecticut’s 3rd District Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro joins us to talk about what this Inauguration Day is looking like, and how it has looked in years past.
Coming up, there won’t be any Inaugural Balls or other typical Inauguration activities in Washington. In fact, President Trump won’t even be in attendance! So how will the inauguration of our new president be celebrated?
And later, we’ll talk about President Elect Biden’s plans for his first days in office.
We want to hear from you. Are you taking some time to watch President Elect’s Joe Biden’s inauguration this morning?
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Bill Clinton playing saxophone with musicians onstage, with Kenny Rogers and Judy Collins behind him, during the DC Armory Ball during inaugural week
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In years past, Inauguration week in Washington D.C. was a time of frenetic social activity. A roving feast of galas, balls, cocktail parties, receptions and brunches exploded in the city as thousands of donors, diplomats and tourists filed into the U.S. capital. But this Inauguration week is unlike any other before it. Black tie balls have been replaced with soldiers in battle fatigues and the legions of delegates from across the nation are represented by a field of flags. Between the attacks on the Capitol on 6 January and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the festive spirit in Washington D.C. is decidedly muffled.
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