Baby it's cold outside

Obamas February 2007

While everyone is trying to figure out what dress Michelle Obama will be wearing to the Inaugural Ball, I'm trying to figure out what she will be wearing for the actual Inauguration; the swearing in. With the weather projected to be about 30-some odd degrees outside, I'm trying to figure out what kind of designer (or discount---because we all know how much she loves J. Crew) coat Mrs. Obama will be wearing to keep herself warm while looking especially chic for the historic occasion.

Let's flash back to February 2007, the day her husband announced his candidacy, our girl Mich (i call her Mich because I feel like I know her) had a black belted coat with a purple scarf and a wool bucket hat. Fast forward almost a year, and since then she has upgraded her roller-set flip to a chic bob and has been dubbed a fashion icon.

As a result...she will not be breaking out the bucket hat for this momentous occasion.

But forget the headgear...what will Mrs. Obama be wearing to keep herself warm next Tuesday?

We checked out one of her favorite spots, J. Crew, to see if the retailer had anything stately and especially decadent for the incoming First Lady to wear. We came across the Gstaad Shearling ($3,000).

J. Crew hooked up with a famous Italian house and created this longhaired shearling with sheepskin leather. The coat hits at the thigh and has a slight A-line silhouette.

I'm sure the the Georgetown J. Crew or their Friendship Heights location wouldn't mind placing a custom rush order on this baby just in time for the swearing in.

Check out what some former First Ladies wore to keep warm at during the swearing in....

Laura Bush in 2005 in an Oscar de la Renta Coat


Laura Bush in 2001 in Dallas, TX designer Michael Faircloth


Hillary Clinton in1997 in an Oscar de la Renta coat


Hillary Clinton in 1993 in a Connie Fails suit