Obama's yellow coat and dress for the last inaugural swearing-in, isn't much more famous now than she was before January 2009.

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For fall 2007, he turned the smoking jacket into a short coat dress that was modern and timeless at the same time.

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Gerlan and her team agree that the yellow dress is too short for the 5'11 model and settle on the blue coat.

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Crew coat with the hemline of an electric-blue dress peeking out and a burgundy-colored scarf, and her younger sister Sasha had on a Kate Spade coat and dress in a similar purple shade.

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Crew belt with the high-fashion Thom Browne coat and matching dress.

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For her morning outfit at the inauguration, Michelle Obama chose a navy silk jacquard coat and dress from Thom Browne, a designer known among fashion circles for his close cropped silhouettes, floodwater pants and wild and zany fashion shows.

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As she tries on two of the designer's neoprene looks, a bright yellow dress and a blue coat, Gerlan squeals in delight.

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They dress differently, too, wearing a morning coat, vest, and striped pants when they appear in the Supreme Court.

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She particularly liked the mixed-media message that might be the next generation of Mondrian-style colorblocking: Instead of chunks of primary colors, a dress or coat might be patchworks of pony hair, snake skin, leather or ostrich feathers, she explained.

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