no interest from buyers until she sent one as a gift to the newly tapped ambassador to france, pamela harriman>> about two weeks later, she was sworn in at the state department. she walked into the room wearing the eagle. i thought i would just faint. it was my first big production piece. and to have her wear it was just -- i couldn't ask for more. >> reporter: the piece became popular around the country, and indeed has been worn around the world. how do you get ready for an inauguration with all of these things? do you have to make enough for each candidate just in case we don't know who's going to win? >> as you know, in business there are risks. and furthrom what i was seeing, didn't think he would win. i had something in the back of my mind that i would do should he be elected. and of course the morning after, we were on the phone to our factory in rhode island and said, "let's go." >> reporter: anne hand with her husband lloyd to texas when she was a young bride. he came to work for lyndon johnson. she was a beautiful addition to washington. along with her husband who became chief of prot