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

Her gowns were designed and made entirely in the US. No inaugural ball was held when President Harry S. Truman was sworn in shortly after Roosevelt's death in 1945. Bess Truman wore a matching ...

Her gowns were designed and made entirely in the US. No inaugural ball was held when President Harry S. Truman was sworn in shortly after Roosevelt's death in 1945. Bess Truman wore a matching skirt ...

For the inaugural balls in 1953, Mrs. Eisenhower wore a blush pink silk gown ... Bess, far left, dressed the part in muted tones and dark coats. Vice President Alben Barkley is next to Mr. Truman.

Roosevelt, "Bess" Truman wore a skirt suit and ruffled blouse ... because of the "special occasion and intense interest" surrounding the inaugural gown, according to the White House Historical ...

George died a month after Coolidge’s Inauguration ... Mesta’s friendship with Truman, his wife, Bess, and their daughter, Margaret, was the real making of her. She supported him as the ...