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

Usha Vance hasn't been one for flashy fashion, but her dress for the Inaugural Ball was a stunning haute couture piece, and ...

Many first ladies' inaugural gowns are displayed at the National Museum ... Her gowns were designed and made entirely in the US. No inaugural ball was held when President Harry S.

Melania Trump made a captivating appearance at the Liberty Inaugural Ball, alongside her husband and US President Donald ...

The first lady wore a strapless white gown with a geometric black trim and a small slit to the inaugural ball on Monday, Jan. 20 Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

Melania Trump returned to Washington, D.C., in style this week.

First Lady Melania Trump stuns in a custom black and white gown by designer Hervé Pierre during President Trump's inaugural ball. The elegant outfit features geometric black trim, a strapless design, ...

While presenting her gown to the museum, the first lady admitted (via the New York ... confessed that what she "would wear to the inaugural ball was the last thing" on her mind.

Getty Images At her husband’s first inaugural ball in 2017 ... had just two weeks to create the gown in collaboration with the incoming first lady. “I have had a passion for design from ...

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 ...