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Portrait of Betty Ford wearing a dress designed by her friend Frankie Welch. Ford donated this dress to represent her in the Smithsonian Institution’s First Ladies Collection.

Frankie Welch giving a talk at the University of Georgia, likely about her exhibition entitled Frankie Welch Designs. Multiple of her past designs can be seen in the background, such as the Nixon inauguration and the Betty Ford scarves.

Frankie Welch in her shop with two of her 1968 designs: a dress made from the Republican National Convention fabric and the Hubert H. Humphrey H-line dress

Specially made fabric designed by Frankie Welch for the Republican National Convention. Welch retailed the fabric by the yard so that Republican women could make their own garments.

One of a line of Frankie Welch-designed dresses made for the Hubert Humphrey presidential campaign

Frankie with design of the Duvall House, where the Frankie Welch of Virginia shop in Alexandria was housed

Frankie featuring the Cherokee alphabet design first featured on a scarf

Dress featuring the Fifty State Flowers design by Frankie Welch

Frankie Welch scarf commissioned by the Senate Wives for a First Lady's Luncheon honoring Hillary Clinton. This was Frankie's last scarf connected to a first family.

Bandana that Frankie Welch designed for the inauguration of President Bill Clinton in 1993. It features the path of the bus trip from Charlottesville to Washington D.C. for the inaugural festivities.