Biden last wore the custom suit in 2023 to meet France’s first lady Brigitte Macron in Paris, worn with black Dior heels. The previous year, she wore the suit to meet Queen Letizia of Spain in Madrid, styling it with nude Valentino slingback pumps and a Cartier Panthère watch.

In one of her final engagements as first lady, Jill Biden recycled one of her Schiaparelli looks on Thursday at an event honoring Joining Forces, a White House initiative supporting families of service members and veterans.

The incoming first lady Melania Trump has many asking, “What will Melania wear?” The interest in first ladies inaugural fashion has even puzzled some first ladies and their next of kin. In 1912 when the Smithsonian was piecing together a centennial spanning exhibition of fashion that was a precursor to its First Ladies collection,