INAUGURATION DAY 2013

Another sartorial skill Obama demonstrated while first lady was the ability to wear items that could be seen as pushing traditional boundaries. For the president’s second inauguration, she chose a coat by Thom Browne, a boundarypushing, avant- garde designer, that was not a natural pairing for a first lady, and thigh- high boots, which, after Julia Roberts wore a pair in Pretty Woman, have had a risqué connotation. But the pairing worked, especially with a pop of color in her gloves.