Hillary Clinton hasn’t always gotten rave reviews when it comes to her fashion choices. During inaugural week in 1993, she made a particularly unpopular decision about a hat. But the purple dress she chose for the inaugural ball was well received. “Sarah Phillips, until now a little-known New York designer, is responsible for the blue violet lace dress with the mousseline overskirt that won thumbs-up reviews from just about everyone who saw it,” wrote the New York Times. Like it or not, imagining the outgoing Secretary of State in a glitzy sheath number crafted by a theater costume designer is quite the throwback.