At the State of the Union, a unspoken rule: Women in Congress, dress like gumdrops

If there was any doubt that there are a record number of women serving in Congress, one only had to look out across the audience during the annual State of the Union address at the cacophony of color. Instead of the usual dull sea of dark suits and bobbing gray heads, the room was a patchwork of bright boucle, glittering brooches and even a bit of, what appeared to be, pumpkin-colored leather.