Tuesday, January 11
Gown by Oscar
NEW YORK (EoNN) -- Laura Bush has made her choice. Ending weeks of speculation on New York's fashionable Seventh Avenue -- and the edge of nowhere -- about what she would wear on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, the First Lady said Monday that Oscar de la Hoya would design her inaugural ball gown, a dress that for a time at least will be the most scrutinized in the country.
The silver-blue tulle knee-length shorts, embroidered with bugle beads and outlined in crystals spelling out Laura's name, is the stately if unconventional centerpiece in a wardrobe Mrs. Bush will wear during four days of festivities in Washington, including 10 balls, candlelight dinners, a parade and fireworks.
In addition to Mr. de la Hoya, a longtime welterweight and middleweight and a surprising newcomer to the fashion world, designers for Mrs. Bush's wardrobe include Carolina Herrera, who's not a boxer, and Peggy Jennings, a little-known designer who has been quietly wardrobing Mrs. Bush from her apartment at the Waldorf Towers in Manhattan for two years.
The silver-blue tulle knee-length shorts, embroidered with bugle beads and outlined in crystals spelling out Laura's name, is the stately if unconventional centerpiece in a wardrobe Mrs. Bush will wear during four days of festivities in Washington, including 10 balls, candlelight dinners, a parade and fireworks.
In addition to Mr. de la Hoya, a longtime welterweight and middleweight and a surprising newcomer to the fashion world, designers for Mrs. Bush's wardrobe include Carolina Herrera, who's not a boxer, and Peggy Jennings, a little-known designer who has been quietly wardrobing Mrs. Bush from her apartment at the Waldorf Towers in Manhattan for two years.
