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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: (L-R) Douglas Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden look down the National Mall as lamps are lit to honor the nearly 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. As the nation’s capital has become a fortress city of roadblocks, barricades and 20,000 National Guard troops due to heightened security around Biden’s inauguration, 400 lights were placed around the Reflecting Pool to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans killed by COVID-19. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Millions around the world are preparing to watch an historic inauguration, in which the most divisive president in US history, Donald Trump, is replaced with President-elect Joe Biden and the first-ever woman Vice President Kamala Harris. On the eve of Inauguration Day, Biden and Harris, joined by their partners, Dr. Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC for a Covid Memorial, honoring and remembering the more than 400,000 American lives lost to the pandemic so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

The devastating milestone was passed earlier that day with the release of the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University showing that about 401,128 people have now been killed by the virus in the country amid more than 24 million cases. Both numbers are by far the highest in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wearing masks and standing socially distanced, the couples looked out to 400 lights along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as Americans were asked to light candles in their windows and to ring bells for a \u201cnational moment of remembrance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo heal we must remember. It\u2019s hard sometimes to remember,\u201d Biden said in an address, \u201cbut that\u2019s how we heal. It\u2019s important to do that as a nation\u2026. Let us shine the lights in the darkness\u2026 and remember all whom we lost.\u201d His words were followed by a moment of silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only did the memorial showcase how vastly different Biden and Harris are going to choose to lead the country, but so too did Harris and Dr Biden\u2019s outfits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Harris wore a camel coat by New York-based brand Pyer Moss, helmed by Kerby Jean-Raymond, a Black designer who is known for blending fashion with activism, using his designs and the voice of his brand to challenge social narratives and help Black America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: Doug Emhoff and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at a memorial for victims of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial on the eve of the presidential inauguration on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. There have been nearly 400,00 deaths in the U.S. since the first confirmed case of the virus in Seattle in January of 2020. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently, Jean-Raymond has addressed the erasure of African American narratives in popular culture via a three-part series of collections that he called \u201cAmerican, Also,\u201d for which he also created a film discussing the Black experience. Pyer Moss\u2019 latest sneaker drop, \u2018Experiment 4,\u2019 benefits the Innocence Project, an organization working to reverse wrongful convictions and Jean-Raymond has been vocal about systemic racism in the fashion industry and the US’s need to defund the police.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 33-year-old designer has also been a prominent figure in helping the fight against COVID. In September 2020, Jean-Raymond spent $10,000 gathering PPE for hospital workers, turned Pyer Moss\u2019 office into a donation center, and created a $100,000 fund to help small, community-focused creative businesses that are minority- or women-owned survive.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 19: (L-R) Douglas Emhoff, U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden attend a memorial service to honor the nearly 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. As the nation’s capital has become a fortress city of roadblocks, barricades and 20,000 National Guard troops due to heightened security around Biden’s inauguration, 400 lights were placed around the Reflecting Pool to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans killed by COVID-19. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, Dr. Biden opted to wear a purple wrap coat and paneled dress by New York-based designer Jonathan Cohen, who champions sustainability and responsible design and often uses the runway to pay tribute to his Mexican-American roots and Jewish heritage. Both the coat and mask that Dr. Biden wore were made sustainably from fabric scraps from Cohen\u2019s studio. <\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, the color purple is no coincidence, either. Purple is not only one of the Suffragettes\u2019 colors, but it\u2019s also the color that is created when red and blue are mixed together: a show of uniting the US again, after an incredibly tumultuous time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later today, Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States with performances from Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":11162,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nKamala Harris And Dr Jill Biden's Inauguration Eve Outfits Signal Change For America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On the eve of the Inauguration, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, along with their partners, Dr Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, gathered on the National Mall in Washington DC for a Covid Memorial. 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