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Committing to ethical practices, Owens’ used materials such as wool, silk, and cotton faille.

The piece, made of vivid bits of silk, faille, taffeta and satin, depicts starry constellations, kites and doves – a joyful and precisely crafted celebration of life that took Klewicke 20 years to finish.

When Lady Gaga finished singing the anthem, she wished Biden and Harris “a wonderful inauguration” and then said to herself, overcome, clutching her red silk faille dress: “God bless this country.”

And I did, in a resplendent bespoke Tom Ford double-faced faille cape and cardinal-like coat with a sash.

“At Tuesday night’s dinner and preview at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” wrote the New York Times, “Mrs Johnson appeared in a black faille strapless dress with a matching stole.”