carolyn harrison, the end, the beautiful burgundy gown, made a point of only wearing american fabrics and american-made clothes. a lot of first ladies have worn american clothing. if you look to the back you'll see a beautiful dress of eleanor roosevelt that's actually her first inaugural gown. eleanor roosevelt had a busy life. she made a point of saying busy women also like to buy their clothes off the rack. she also stressed that it would -- you shouldn't buy clothes from sweat shops. her politics also came into her clothing. >> what is the oldest gown? >> the oldest gown in the collection is martha washington's. it isn't on display now. it has been on display for a sustained amount of time. it's having a rest right now. in this gallery when we round the corner, the oldest dress will be dolly madison. >> fast forward to today, michelle obama, she donated hers personally? >> actually mrs. obama came and prebted the dress, the jewelry and the shoes. they were actually donated. she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate. mrs. obama had them donate thes

carolyn harrison the beautiful burgundy gown made a point of only wearing american fabrics and american made clothes. a lot of first ladies have worn american clote ihing. if you look to the back you'll see eleanor roosevelt's inaugural gown. she had a busy life and she said busy women like to buy their clothes off the rack, but she also stressed that you shouldn't by clothes from sweatshops so her politics came into her clothing. >> what is the oldest gown? >> the oldest gown in the collection is martha washington's. it's not on display right now. it's been on display for a long extended period of time and it's resting now. the oldest dress as we round the corner is dolley madison. >> fast-forward to today, michelle obama. she donated it? >> she came personally and presented the dress and the jewelry and the shoes, they were actually donated and she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate and mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason wu and jimmy choo and lorie rodcam donated the pieces, it will be donated by jason wu in honor of michelle obama.