White House History
Perhaps the most immediately recognizable article of apparel associated with the White House is the top hat. Lincoln’s is the most famous, but for many years every president-elect wore a top hat to his inauguration. Eisenhower stopped the custom; Kennedy brought it back but it has not reappeared since Kennedy. This top hat belonged to Woodrow Wilson, who wore it to his inauguration in 1913 and also to the great meeting at Versailles at the end of World War I.
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FASHION Journal of the White House Historical Association Number 32 Number 31