Vivienne Tam (left) has dressed US first lady Jill Biden on a number of occasions, including a state dinner at the White House, and a State Department lunch (pictured), honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Vivienne Tam Vivienne Tam (left) has dressed US first lady Jill Biden on a number of occasions, including a state dinner at the White House, and a State Department lunch (pictured), honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Vivienne Tam
Vivienne Tam (left) has dressed US first lady Jill Biden on a number of occasions, including a state dinner at the White House, and a State Department lunch (pictured), honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Vivienne Tam
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Vivienne Tam on dressing US first lady Jill Biden, what she wore for the inauguration, and meeting China’s first lady, Peng Liyuan

  • Vivienne Tam dressed US first lady Jill Biden for two occasions in 2015, and the designer recalls it being ‘very exciting’ and Biden as ‘friendly and gracious’
  • It was not Hong Kong-born Tam’s first brush with the White House – in 2012, Hillary Clinton invited the designer to attend a lunch in honour of Xi Jinping

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Updated: 6:11pm, 28 Jan, 2021

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Vivienne Tam (left) has dressed US first lady Jill Biden on a number of occasions, including a state dinner at the White House, and a State Department lunch (pictured), honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Vivienne Tam Vivienne Tam (left) has dressed US first lady Jill Biden on a number of occasions, including a state dinner at the White House, and a State Department lunch (pictured), honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Vivienne Tam
Vivienne Tam (left) has dressed US first lady Jill Biden on a number of occasions, including a state dinner at the White House, and a State Department lunch (pictured), honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Vivienne Tam
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