"Yes, this is the same night as the Met Gala. New York has the red carpet. Washington, D.C. is the world stage"
~Elizabeth Karcher, Woodrow Wilson House Executive Director
2025 Fashioning Power, Fashioning Peace Honoree:
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
2025 Host Committee
Chair: Janet Pitt
- Sherrie Beckstead
- Grace Bender
- Sanders H. Berk, M.D. and Sally Berk
- The Honorable Donald Bliss and Nancy Bliss
- Alexandra de Borchgrave
- Sweta Chakraboty
- Arthur A. Cohen
- Lisa Halperin and Jonathan Coopersmith
- Jan Du Plain
- Evie Evangelou
- Linda and Eli Frank
- Edie A. Fraser
- Cary C. Fuller
- Edward F. Gerber
- The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez and Edilia Gutierrez
- The Honorable Lloyd Hand and Ann Hand
- Barbara Hawthorn
- Olga Ortiz Mera de Henrichsen
- Amanda Innes
- The Honorable Christopher Keller and Henrietta Keller
- Anne R. Kline and Geoff Pohanka
- Leslie K. Koelsch
- Willee and Finlay Lewis
- Lin Lin
- Anita B. McBride
- The Honorable Thomas F. McLarty III and Donna C. McLarty
- Dr. Dianne McRae
- Beth Mendelson
- Dr. David and Natalie Miller
- Kelly Dinglasan Minton and Joel Minton
- Deborah and C. Braxton Moncure
- Annie and Minh Nguyen
- Phuong Pham
- Elizabeth Dial and Jim Pinkerton
- Rebecca Boggs Roberts
- Marie Royce
- The Honorable Loretta Sanchez
- Lisa and Joel Shine
- Bill and Marjorie Dick Stuart
- Brenda and Jacques de Suze
- Dr. Katherine H. Tachau
- The Honorable John Tanner and Betty Ann Tanner
- Annie Simonian Totah
- Stanley Watters
- Sharon Wilkes and Bob Kinberg
- Dorothy M. Woodcock
- The Women's Diplomatic Series
2025 Exhibitors
Countries and Territories Represented on May 5, 2025:
- Albania
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Japan
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Moldova
- Mozambique
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Romania
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Ukraine
- United Nations
- United States
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
2025 Fashioning Power, Fashioning Peace Exhibition and Gala
The President Woodrow Wilson House signature event opened its second annual exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025.
53 nations contributed fashion items, which were showcased throughout the museum for one week at the Fashioning Power, Fashioning Peace Exhibition. The opening Gala on May 5 drew over 350 attendees, 18 ambassadors, and numerous dignitaries from around the world. An additional 280 guests visited the exhibition over the following week (May 8-10), ending with record attendance during the European Union Embassy Open House Weekend.
During the opening gala, which honored the profound legacy of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, the guests arrived at the Wilson House to see fashion from locations such as Vietnam, Bulgaria, and Madagascar, then stepped into the rear garden for a celebration under tents and surrounded by the new Native Plant Garden. They were dressed in their gala best or in traditional cultural outfits and mingled with diplomats, politicians, fashion social media influencers, and the social elite of the nation’s capital.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi gave remarks and received the "Esther Pin" to honor her not only for her trailblazing legislative career, but for embodying a model of leadership where power, presence, and purpose converge. The pin is given to every honoree of the Fashioning Power, Fashioning Peace event.
We thank all the staff, Gala Chair Janet Pitt, host committee members, volunteers, sponsors, and donors who helped make this a truly magical opening.
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors and Partner Vendors!