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While Inauguration excitement is focused in D.C., there's plenty of smiling in New York—especially for fashion designers Isabel Toledo and Jason Wu. Toledo designed Michelle Obama's first First Lady ensemble, a "lemongrass yellow" coat and dress in Swiss wool lace worn during the swearing-in and parade, while Wu's ivory silk chiffon and organza gown was selected as the First Lady's Inaugural gown. The two designers appeared on the Today show this morning and they still seemed stunned and emotional about their creations being part of the historic day.

First Lady Michelle Obama, who must save the American fashion industry (at least, according to the NY Times), did not disappoint with her first outfit of her husband's administration: She wore a "lemongrass yellow" Isabel Toledo dress and coat with teal green Jimmy Choo kitten heels and olive green J.Crew gloves. Toledo, a New York designer who immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba when she was eight, didn't know that Obama picked her outfit until watching the TV and told the Times that 13 people worked on clothes—"Chinese ladies, Polish ladies, Spanish ladies"—and added, “We’re all grateful for this opportunity, and we don’t even have a PR person!” As for Obama daughters—Sasha in pink and orange and Malia in blue and black— they were wearing clothes made exclusively by J.Crew's Crewcuts girls' line; those outfits and coats will be available this fall.