The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show ...

First ladies ... gown with a velvet bodice to the inaugural balls. The dress' designer, Arnold Scaasi, called her "the most glamorous grandmother in the United States," according to the Smithsonian.

But this statement of national pride can be traced as far back as 1889, when, according to the Smithsonian, first lady ...

when Helen Taft donated her gown from the inaugural ball to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Since then the museum has collected each inaugural ensemble for its First Ladies ...

Fans of the “First Ladies collection” have the late first lady Helen Taft to thank for its existence. By contributing her 1909 inaugural gown to the Smithsonian, she started what would become a ...

At her husband’s first inaugural ball in 2017, Trump wore a white silk crepe Hervé Pierre gown with an off-the-shoulder neckline, slit skirt and a red ribbon around the waist, which she similarly ...