Joanna Gaines traded her signature denim style for a formal gown this past April! The Fixer Upper star attended a State Dinner with President Biden in Washington, DC, with her husband, Chip, on April 26, 2023.
The dinner was especially momentous, as it was in celebration of America’s 70-year alliance with South Korea.
“What an honor it was to be a part of tonight’s State Dinner to celebrate the 70 year alliance between the United States of America and my mother's home country of South Korea,” Joanna wrote on Instagram. “Coming off the heels of our incredible trip to Seoul, this evening was another reminder of just how proud I am to be a Korean American🇺🇸🇰🇷❤️”
For the special occasion, Jo wore a black asymmetrical one-shoulder gown paired with a coordinating black clutch. By her side, Chip looked dapper in a black tux. Understandably, fans couldn’t help but gush over the couple. “Amazing! You both look sharp,” one fan wrote. “One for the memory books, I’m sure,” another fan exclaimed. “Congratulations on being able to honor South Korea and America's relationship. I’m sure your mother and mother-in-law as well as all your parents are so proud. I would be boasting with joy that I made it to an event like that,” someone else said.
As special as it was to attend the event, the moment she found out she was invited was particularly memorable.
“My mother found out that we were going — I mean, she cried immediately,” Joanna revealed on TODAY while chatting with hosts Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie. “She was like, 'I would have never thought that my daughter would meet the Korean president,' So it was such an honor. It was such a dream, for sure.”
Rebecca Norris is a full-time freelance writer living in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Over the past 10+ years, she’s heavily covered a range of lifestyle topics, including travel, home, beauty, style, wellness, and celebrity news. She is a graduate of George Mason University, where she earned a B.A. in Media: Production, Consumption, and Critique, along with a minor in Electronic Journalism. When she's not writing, she can be found strolling with her Jack-Chi, Cash, sipping iced matcha lattes, indulging in delicious cuisine, perusing farmer’s markets and antique sales, collecting colored glass, getting lost within the pages of a book, and exploring new bucket-list cities.
