Michelle Obama chose a sophisticated deep blue checked coat custom made by Thom Browne (paired with J. Crew heels, a touch true to her signature high-low look) to wear to the 57th Presidential Inauguration today. This marks the second time FLOTUS has worn Thom Brown (she first anointed the designer by wearing his black and grey lace embellished dress to the third presidential debate last year). Considering Browne’s penchant for showing conceptual wares on the runway, both of Mrs. Obama’s Browne ensembles are shining examples of how the designer can translate his often eccentric looks into pieces that the American woman and, for that matter, First Lady can incorporate into her daily wardrobe. Sasha went with a Kate Spade dress coat in lilac while Malia kept warm with a J. Crew coat in vivid eggplant. At President Obama’s official swearing in last night, FLOTUS donned a Reed Krakoff look (a designer she wore in her first term, most memorably in June 2011 at the Pritzker Architecture Prize Event).
Naturally, we await tonight’s big reveal, when we’ll see what Mrs. Obama wears to the Inaugural Ball. Last time around, she went with a white Jason Wu number—a choice that both elevated the designer’s career and spurred comparisons between Mrs. Obama and Jackie O, who wore a white gown to JFK’s Inaugural Ball. Jackie Kennedy famously told Diana Vreeland that she wanted to wear white because she felt it was the “most ceremonial” hue.
— Katharine K. Zarrella
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