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Scarf tricks

With so many activities held outdoors in the cold, scarves, hats and gloves were the fashion accents of choice during the inaugural.

  •  Michelle Obama’s brother, Craig Robinson, sported a striped scarf in the colors of Oregon State University, where he’s the basketball coach. Or were those the colors of his alma mater, Princeton University, where he was a star forward? Both schools use black and orange.
  •  The most recognizable scarf pattern was Burberry’s Nova Check, a tan, black and red plaid design worn by Martin Luther King III and others.
  •   Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., was perhaps a little too patriotic in his bold flag-patterned neck scarf.
  •   Barbara and George H.W. Bush wore matching purple neck pieces.
  •   The entertainers at Sunday’s Lincoln Memorial concert also made some bold statements, including will.i.am’s red plaid scarf and fedora. Pete Seeger’s little puddle of a striped knit hat looked like something out of a cartoon.

    Hat attack

    And when it came to chapeaus, we couldn’t take our eyes off of Aretha Franklin’s big bow-bedecked hat as she sang after the swearing-in. One wag said it looked like it took a bolt of gray flannel to fashion the topper.

    Shutter bug

    Mufflers and hats aside, the accessory that everyone carried in Washington was a camera, and that included Malia Obama, 10, who was seen snapping away as her father gave speeches or entertainers sang. Can’t wait to see her albums.

    West dressed

    Denver damsels are making their fashion presence known in D.C. this week. Helen Thorpe packed a silk organza gown for the festivities. The Marisa Baratelli dress from Molly’s was a gift from Thorpe’s husband, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. Store owner Molly Broeren also dressed Susan Daggett, wife of new U.S. senator-designate Michael Bennet; Mary Kenney, who’s married to political consultant David Kenney; Nancy Freudenthal, wife of Wyoming Gov. David Freudenthal; and Kathryn Boswell, Nancy Freudenthal’s assistant.

    — Compiled by Suzanne S. Brown

    This article has been corrected in this online archive. Originally, due to a reporting error, it included an incorrect first name for U.S. Senate designee Michael Bennet.

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