Born Anne Frances "Nancy" Robbins in New York ... To try to quell the controversy about the great cost of her fashion habit, Reagan sent a dozen designer outfits to Parsons School of Design ...

Nancy Reagan set her intentions in 1981 with an expensive white one-shoulder beaded and lace sheath gown at the inaugural ball. It was “a declaration that fashion mattered,” the New York Times ...

There's "Valentino Red", then there's "Reagan Red" a term coined for Nancy's famous red outfits. But like a true fashion icon, Nancy switched it up for Ronald Reagan's second Inauguration.

It was reminiscent of Dior's glamorous New Look, which ushered in a new era in fashion after the second ... which were worn by Nancy Reagan to both of her husband's inaugurations.