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A century of inauguration fashion

Updated 4:56 PM EST, Thu January 17, 2013
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Michelle Obama's Jason Wu inaugural ball gown helped put both the first lady and the fashion designer on fashion "it" lists. Click through to see styles from the last 100 years of inauguration fashion.
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Michelle Obama's Jason Wu inaugural ball gown helped put both the first lady and the fashion designer on fashion "it" lists. Click through to see styles from the last 100 years of inauguration fashion.
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Top hats and overcoats were the appropriate garb for Woodrow Wilson's chilly 1913 inauguration. Here, Wilson, left, stands with outgoing President Howard Taft.
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Top hats and overcoats were the appropriate garb for Woodrow Wilson's chilly 1913 inauguration. Here, Wilson, left, stands with outgoing President Howard Taft.
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President Woodrow Wilson rides by carriage with wife Edith to his second inauguration on March 5, 1917.
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President Woodrow Wilson rides by carriage with wife Edith to his second inauguration on March 5, 1917.
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From left, President Warren Harding and his wife Florence arrive at Union Station, with Grace Coolidge and then-Vice President Calvin Coolidge for the 1921 inauguration.
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From left, President Warren Harding and his wife Florence arrive at Union Station, with Grace Coolidge and then-Vice President Calvin Coolidge for the 1921 inauguration.
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Calvin Coolidge and wife Grace travel on Inauguration Day 1923.
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Calvin Coolidge and wife Grace travel on Inauguration Day 1923.
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Herbert and Lou Hoover at President Hoover's 1929 inauguration.
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Herbert and Lou Hoover at President Hoover's 1929 inauguration.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt ride during his third presidential inauguration in 1941.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt ride during his third presidential inauguration in 1941.
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Bess and President Harry Truman at his inaugural reception in 1949.
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Bess and President Harry Truman at his inaugural reception in 1949.
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Mamie and President-elect Dwight Eisenhower leave church on the morning of his inauguration in 1953.
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Mamie and President-elect Dwight Eisenhower leave church on the morning of his inauguration in 1953.
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President John F. Kennedy arrives with wife Jacqueline for an inaugural ball in 1961.
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President John F. Kennedy arrives with wife Jacqueline for an inaugural ball in 1961.
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Lady Bird Johnson poses for a portrait before President Lyndon Johnson's inaugural ball in 1965.
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Lady Bird Johnson poses for a portrait before President Lyndon Johnson's inaugural ball in 1965.
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Pat and President Richard Nixon dance during a ball commemorating his second inauguration in 1973.
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Pat and President Richard Nixon dance during a ball commemorating his second inauguration in 1973.
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First lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy attend President Jimmy Carter's inaugural ball in 1977.
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First lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy attend President Jimmy Carter's inaugural ball in 1977.
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President Ronald Reagan poses with wife Nancy for an inaugural family photo in 1981.
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President Ronald Reagan poses with wife Nancy for an inaugural family photo in 1981.
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President and Nancy Reagan at the Hollywood-star-studded gala for his second inauguration in 1985.
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President and Nancy Reagan at the Hollywood-star-studded gala for his second inauguration in 1985.
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The dress Barbara Bush wore to George H.W. Bush's presidential inaugural ball in 1989  displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
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The dress Barbara Bush wore to George H.W. Bush's presidential inaugural ball in 1989 displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
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President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton dance during the 1993 Arkansas Inaugural Ball.
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President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton dance during the 1993 Arkansas Inaugural Ball.
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President and Hillary Clinton attend a second term inaugural ball.
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President and Hillary Clinton attend a second term inaugural ball.
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Laura and President George W. Bush attend one of nine inaugural balls in 2001.
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Laura and President George W. Bush attend one of nine inaugural balls in 2001.
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Laura Bush, right, with daughters Barbara, left, and Jenna, center, at the Constitutional Inaugural Ball celebrating President George W. Bush's second term in 2005.
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Laura Bush, right, with daughters Barbara, left, and Jenna, center, at the Constitutional Inaugural Ball celebrating President George W. Bush's second term in 2005.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd at the 2009 inaugural parade.
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd at the 2009 inaugural parade.
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