Special
Report

Inauguration of Barack Obama

Complete Coverage

50 Years of Inaugural Gowns

From Jackie Kennedy to Laura Bush, look back at what the first ladies have worn on their big nights – and what Michelle Obama has to live up to!
By Melissa Liebling-Goldberg

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JACQUELINE KENNEDY

In 1961, the then-31-year-old earned her fashion icon status from the beginning, stepping out with John F. Kennedy in a white gown and cape she designed herself, with the help of Bergdorf Goodman's Ethan Frankau.