Jill Biden inauguration concert dress featured US state flowers

Jill Biden subtly paid tribute to every U.S. state and territory during Wednesday night’s virtual inaugural concert with her custom outfit by Uruguayan-American designer Gabriela Hearst.

The First Lady, 69, attended her husband’s inauguration in an ocean blue tweed coat and dress by New York-based designer Alexandra O’Neill, the founder and creative director of Markarian, but she later changed into Hearst’s designs for the evening’s festivities. 

In a press release, the label revealed that the floral embroidery on Dr. Biden’s ivory coat and matching dress represented ‘the federal flowers from every state and territory of the United States of America.’   

The elegant double-breasted cashmere coat features an A-line silhouette with embroidered flowers at the hem that rise up on the side’s seams. The same embroidery decorates the silk organza neckline and arms of the matching dress.

‘The message of Unity is the main inspiration for the creation of the Ensemble,’ the brand wrote. ‘Unity makes strength and it is needed for the road ahead.