As the Obamas’ time in the White House draws to a close, all eyes are narrowing in on the last few official events the President and First Lady will attend. Last night was their final Kennedy Center Honors, and while Michelle Obama always commands attention for her sartorial choices, her pink-and-green custom Gucci gown stuck out for a special reason. As The New York Times’s Vanessa Friedman pointed out, it was the first time Obama wore a non-American designer to the ceremony. Her choice coincided with yesterday’s announcement from Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi that he would be resigning after voters decided against his plans for constitutional reform.

This is only the second time the First Lady has worn Gucci, with the first being a map dress she wore for a September taping of Ellen. Whether or not she chose the gown as an act of support for Mr. Renzi is ultimately up for debate, but as Friedman points out, the First Lady’s fashion choices are rarely just coincidence. Vanity Fair has reached out to Gucci for comment.

For the Obamas’ final state dinner in October, where Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini were the evening’s guests of honor, Obama chose a chain mail, rose-gold Versace gown. As her stylist Meredith Koop told Harper’s Bazaar that same month, “We always take into account where we are going and that country’s cultural norms. The goal is to pay tribute to each place we visit [while] never losing the spirit of the United States.”

Obama’s presence in American fashion has been increasingly felt over the past eight years. From her support of young, rising designers like Jason Wu and Brandon Maxwell to her emphasis on fashion education, it’s no secret that the First Lady sees the value in the industry. Her willingness to branch out and wear more foreign designers could be as much a show of diplomacy as it is an attempt to counteract President-elect Donald Trump’s less-than-tactful foreign-policy approach. Or, as she said herself back in 2011, because “there are a lot of other designers that have cute stuff, too.”