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The incoming president, vice president and their spouses announced they were all wearing American designers for Inauguration Day. President-elect Joe Biden started his day with Mass, joined by Republican and Democratic lawmakers. QAnon used Biden’s inaugural to galvanise followers.
Biden will be sworn in as the 46th US president at noon on Wednesday.
Biden, his wife, Jill, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, all favoured American fashion designers for their Inauguration Day attire.
As he headed to Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington, Biden wore a navy suit and navy overcoat by designer Ralph Lauren. Emhoff also chose that designer. Incoming first lady Jill Biden wore an ocean blue wool tweed coat and dress by emerging American designer Alexandra O’Neil of Markarian, according to a transition announcement.
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Harris wore pieces by Black fashion designers Christopher John Rogers and Sergio Hudson, two favourites of former first lady Michelle Obama.
Melania Trump wore Ralph Lauren for her husband’s 2017 inaugural, but later abandoned the tradition of wearing mostly US designers, particularly young and less well-known designers, as many of her predecessors did. That was partly because many US designers refused to dress her.
The president-elect began his Inauguration Day with Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew in downtown Washington Wednesday morning.
The Bidens left Blair House, the presidential guest house, 15 minutes late, apparently waiting for outgoing President Donald Trump to finish his farewell remarks.
Past presidents-elect have typically walked from Blair House to St. John’s Episcopal Church nearby.
Biden, who will be the second Catholic president, instead chose to take a motorcade to St. Matthew’s, where President John F. Kennedy’s funeral was held.
He was joined by the top lawmakers in Congress, including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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