Wednesday, March 18, 2020

300 outfits in a thousand days


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     I saw this publication by "People" Magazine -- one of those booklets whose pages are a little sturdier than those of the usual magazine and the covers are almost as thick as those of a paperback book...
"Jackie:  A Life In Style"

     Full of photographs, it shows a yearbook summary next to her picture, 1947 graduation from Miss Porter's prep school -- 

Always Saying:  "Play a Rhumba next"

Most Known For:  Wit

Favorite Song:  Lime House Blues

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     On page 16, there's a photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1989, on her 60th birthday.  On the hood of a car, she's lying back against the windshield, sunglasses in place; her hair wrapped in a towel; reading a paperback book:  The Most Beautiful House in the World, by Witold Rybczynski.

     I had that book.  


     Page 46:  [excerpt] ---------- The First Lady and her costumer [Oleg Cassini] collaborated beautifully.  In January 1962 Jackie wrote on White House stationery:  

"Dear Oleg, Your clothes are all lovely--really perfect--all those pretty coats and dresses and best of all was the white satin evening dress with panel I wore last Sat.  Also, I have a lovely idea for an evening dress sometime.  

You must see [Last Year at Marienbad]--all Chanelish chiffons.  I saw a picture of [Brigitte] Bardot in one--in Match or Elle--in black, but mine could be red--covered up long sleeves--transparent."

     In all, Cassini designed more than 300 outfits for Jackie Kennedy during her thousand days in the White House, which she often paired with hats designed by Halston. 


Page 88
     Tina Turner:  "Above all other women, I have a queen, and that is Jackie Kennedy Onassis.  I love her and I always will.  I love her for her life, her strength, her education and for herself."



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