A CURIOUS CHOICE: While hosting a discussion about women’s empowerment in Mexico City, First Lady Jill Biden turned up in a cotton denim dress from an unexpected resource: the Swiss designer Albert Kriemler of Akris.

The colorfully printed, buttoned-up collared dress was from the brand’s 2023 resort collection. The primary lady and President Joe Biden arrived in Mexico City on Sunday for a whirlwind tour that amongst other things drew attention to the 2 hundredth 12 months of bilateral relations between the 2 nations. FLOTUS had hosted Mexico’s First Lady Gutierrez Muller and her son Jesus on the White House last 12 months on Cinco de Mayo.

On Tuesday, FLOTUS will enjoy a media-free lunch with Muller and Canada’s First Lady Sophie Gregoire Trudeau on the Palacio Nacional, followed by a tour of the Templo Mayor. The Bidens will head home later within the day. Their 48-hour stay included a trilateral dinner Monday night with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife. Earlier within the day, FLOTUS supported local students at a flag football event organized by Tochito NFL — a National Football League-backed flag football program that champions gender equality and girls’ empowerment. During her remarks earlier Monday at a meet-up with students, Jill Biden noted, “Poetry and prose, dance and music, they will unite us across time and languages, and borders.”

The creative director behind Akris is Albert Kriemler. Representatives from Akris didn’t respond immediately to a request asking how Akris and FLOTUS connected. The bespectacled designer traveled to the Beltway last fall for the disclosing of the Swiss boutique’s first store in Washington, D.C., at CityCenterDC. Known to take a studied approach to fashion, Kreimler is keen on collaborations with painters, architects, photographers and other creatives, having joined forces with Carmen Herrera, Geta Bratescu and Thomas Ruff, amongst other talents. The brand was founded in 1922 in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Kreimler began working at the corporate in 1980.

One other often-photographed international personality — Princess Charlene of Monaco — can also be a fan of Akris, having worn designs from the gathering for key appearances within the principality and beyond. The wife of Prince Albert sported a sleeveless silver ecru metallic Lurex embroidered gown for the royal couple’s Joyful Recent Yr video that was posted on Instagram to kick off 2023. Princess Charlene has also turned up at Akris fashion shows.