On Wednesday, when Joe Biden swore as the country’s 46th president, he wore a suit made not only in the United States, but also in Rochester.
The set, designed through Ralph Lauren, created at the city’s Hickey Freeman factory, according to the fashion industry newspaper, Women’s Wear Daily.
Lauren designed a traditional military blue suit and a military blue coat for Biden, which was “complemented by a satin blue tie and wool scarf” to attend St. Matthew the Apostle Cathedral with congressional leaders and the swearing rite at the Capitol. , reports popsugar. com.
Biden’s suit and coat intended to mean unity and stability, WWD reports, noting that he has been publicly photographed several times dressed recently with Ralph Lauren. ”He wore a polo blouse with a visual pony logo, a vintage American sports piece, for his two public vaccines (COVID-19)’, the magazine said.
Meanwhile, U. S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), the new leader of the Senate majority, put on a Hickey Freeman jacket for Biden’s oath, reports his press secretary Ally Biasotti, underlining the legislature’s long-standing efforts for the Hickey Freeman plant in Rochester. The New York Post describes Schumer’s black jacket as lightweight and one hundred percent cashmere.
In February 2019, Schumer at the plant when the iconic Rochester-based company announced plans to invest $8 million, part of a New York State grant loan, to expand its operation on North Clinton Avenue and launch new product lines, adding up to 80 jobs.
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