Fashion publicist and wife of JFK Jr who died in a plane crash in 1999 is seen as US answer to Princess Diana
In fashion, only the real favourites have acronyms. See SJP for Sarah Jessica Parker, ALT for fashion editor André Leon Talley and – particularly relevant right now – CBK for Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
The wife of John F Kennedy Jr who died in a plane crash in 1999 is sometimes seen as America’s answer to Princess Diana. Like Diana, she was loved for her style – dubbed minimalist, chic or “quiet luxury”. Instagram is full of accounts posting archive images of her, influential brands like The Row, Toteme and Gabriela Hearst design clothes that channel her approach to dressing and there have been books and auctions in recent years.
The full extent of the deification became clear this week, when images of actor Sarah Pidgeon as Bessette Kennedy in Ryan Murphy’s forthcoming Kennedys Netflix series American Love Story were seen for the first time.
In one image on Murphy’s Instagram, Pidgeon is pictured wearing a rumpled knee-length brown coat, cropped trousers and black polo neck, with a Birkin bag, and bright blond hair, while on-set images show her in a satin midi skirt, Converse and leathery jacket.
