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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LADY BIRD JOHNSON

The Texan, who at 51 went by her nickname "Lady Bird" instead of her given name Claudia, brightened up husband Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 inauguration in a bright yellow silk gown by John Moore.