The secrets of Jackie’s iconic pink Chanel suit | New York Post The secrets of Jackie’s iconic pink Chanel suit Comment(required) November 15, 2013 | 9:11pm President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy leave St. Stephen's Church in DC following morning mass on November 12, 1961. Bettmann/CORBIS Jacqueline Kennedy (center) with the Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur at the White House on October 24, 1962. Courtesy of Kennedy Library Archives/Newsmakers Jacqueline Kennedy waves at the camera while visiting with her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill (right) in London on March 27, 1962. Bettmann/CORBIS Architect John Carl Warnecke explains a model of Lafayette Square to Jacqueline Kennedy on September 26, 1962. Bettmann/Corbis President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline arrive at Love Field in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. EPA Kennedy and Jacqueline greet the crowd. Art Rickerby/Getty Images Kennedy and Jacqueline greet the crowd.

Art Rickerby/Getty Images Kennedy and Jacqueline make their way through the airport at Love Field. Art Rickerby/Getty Images JFK and first lady Jacqueline leave Love Field. AP VP Lyndon B. Johnson (from left), Jacqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy have breakfast in Fort Worth, Texas on November 22, 1963. CORBIS Women model suits designed by Chanel, which many believe inspired Jackie Kennedy's iconic pink suit. Paul Schutzer/Getty Images President John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline leave the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. EPA Jacqueline Kennedy rides alongside her husband in Dallas, Texas before he was assassinated. Bettmann/CORBIS Jacqueline Kennedy wears her bloodstained suit as she stands with brother-in-law Robert Kennedy as the body of President John F. Kennedy is placed in an ambulance. AP Jacqueline Kennedy bears witness as Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. Keystone/Getty Images Coach Mike Woodson and Iman Shumpert barked at each other...

15 Jackie Kennedy's iconic pink suit November 15, 2013 Inside Zapruder family's complicated history with JFK film Talking about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, who had been riding ahead of the first couple in the fateful 1963 motorcade, recalled her most heart-rending memory of that day. The recollection is seared into the minds of generations of Americans who were not in Dallas five decades ago on Nov. 22, but, after watching the vivid color film footage of the shooting, felt as if they had been among the horrified bystanders in Dealey Plaza. “I [looked] over my shoulder and saw, in the president’s car, a bundle of pink, just like a drift of blossoms, lying on the back seat,” Lady Bird Johnson said at the time. President John F. Kennedy and Mrs.

Kennedy disembark from Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas.EPA/Cecil Stoughton That “drift of blossoms” was, of course, the diminutive figure of Jacqueline Kennedy — Jack’s 34-year-old wife, crouching for cover in the strawberry-colored Chanel suit, which became an emblem of the tragedy. “The outfit is a terrible talisman of American history and heartbreak,” says New York-based fashion expert Pamela Keogh, who writes about the iconic wool bouclé two-piece in her book “Jackie Style.” “But despite symbolizing a very sorrowful moment in our nation’s past, it also shows Jackie’s courage.” The grief-stricken First Lady famously insisted on wearing the blood-spattered suit during the swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One before the flight back to Washington, DC. “Let them see what they have done,” she repeatedly said when asked if she wanted to change. Writing in her diary about the hastily arranged inauguration ceremony, Lady Bird Johnson noted: “Mrs. Kennedy’s dress was stained with blood.

Women model suits designed by Chanel, which many believe inspired Jackie Kennedy’s iconic pink suit.Paul Schutzer//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images “Somehow that was one of the most poignant sights — that immaculate woman exquisitely dressed, and caked in blood.” Photographs of Jackie being met at Andrews Air Force Base by her brother-in-law, Bobby, show the solidified dark brown marks. It wasn’t until the following morning that the grieving widow finally agreed to take off the outfit, after the official autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital. She then comforted her two children, Caroline and John, at the time aged just five and two. Today, Jackie’s pink suit, with its distinctive navy blue collar, is kept inside an acid-free box in a numbered storeroom within the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland. It has never been dry-cleaned and, according to the few staffers who have seen the suit, looks brand-new except for the telltale blood stains. It will remain hidden from the American public until at least 2103 because Caroline, her sole surviving heir, signed a deed in 2003 stipulating that it remain hidden for 100 years.

The terms will likely be renegotiated by Kennedy’s descendants in the next century. “The dress won’t see the light of day in my lifetime,” says Keogh. “And for that, I’m grateful. “To my mind, there would be something very ghoulish about it being put on display.” There is no denying the fascination for the suit, which has been copied dozens of times on-screen. It has been worn by a succession of actresses playing the chic First Lady in movies and TV series. Most recently, Minka Kelly wore a version in this summer’s civil-rights epic “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” while Ginnifer Goodwin re-created the look in the National Geographic Channel film “Killing Kennedy” airing this month. Jacqueline Kennedy waves at the camera while visiting with her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill (right) in London on March 27, 1962.Bettman/Corbis Most experts concur that the suit Jackie owned in 1963 was itself a copy of a Chanel. They believe it was manufactured in the Big Apple’s Garment District by the upscale fashion label Chez Ninon.

“In the old days, Chanel let certain US-based designers buy a suit and literally copy it, line-for-line,” explains Keogh. “They would send them the exact material and buttons from France.” So why would a wealthy blue blood, one of the most famous women in the world, wear a knockoff? The answer lies with Jackie’s father-in-law, Joe Kennedy, who bankrolled her wardrobe and was conscious that fancy Paris design houses didn’t square with the First Couple’s all-American image. “It was part of this movement to have the Kennedys seen as not too silver spoon and ivory tower,” says Scott Stoddart, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. “Chez Ninon maintained a close relationship with Chanel, which saw the arrangement as a way to repay Mrs. Kennedy’s long-term patronage.” It was routine for Jackie and her sister, Lee Radziwill, to cherry-pick pieces by Givenchy, Chanel and Pierre Cardin, and have them copied “relatively on the cheap” by their favorite designers such as Oleg Cassini.

“Receipts don’t exist for the Chanel [facsimile] but there are other receipts from around the same time for other items made up in New York from French designs,” adds Stoddart. Fashion historian Steven Brawley, who blogs at pinkpillbox.com , reveals that the original suit debuted in the September 1961 issue of Life magazine, in an article about the fall Chanel collection. Architect John Carl Warnecke explains a model of Lafayette Square to Jacqueline Kennedy on September 26, 1962.Bettman/Corbis Headlined “In Suits Too, a Trim and Slim Fit,” the editorial showed a brunette model, a Jackie look-alike with bouffant hair, wearing the double-breasted jacket and skirt and crossing a New York City street. Was it a coincidence that the same issue of Life featured Mrs. Kennedy on the cover, talking about her plans to renovate The White House? “I often wonder if she was reading her interview, then flipped to the fashion pages, saw the suit and thought, ‘I simply must have that!’ ” says Brawley. The day of the assassination was not the first time Jackie appeared in the outfit.

Photos show her wearing it at least six times prior to her husband’s murder, ranging from a mass at Camp David in November 1961 to a meeting at Washington, DC’s Lafayette Square in September 1962. She wore it during her March 1962 trip to London when she lunched with Queen Elizabeth II. “The suit was supposedly a favorite of the president’s because he liked the bright pink color,” says Stoddart. “He asked her to wear it in Dallas that morning because it would look good photogenically — something the crowd would spot.” Jacqueline Kennedy (center) with the Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur at the White House on October 24, 1962.Kennedy Library Archives JFK, always image-conscious, approved his wife’s outfits for the important Texas trip, which was meant to mark the start of his 1964 re-election campaign. In an interview with biographer William Manchester, Jackie recalled that her husband told her, “There are going to be all these rich, Republican women at that lunch . . . wearing mink coats and diamond bracelets. And you’ve got to look as marvelous as any of them.

Be simple — show these Texans what good taste really is.” Not that she needed the advice. “There were no such thing as stylists in those days, but Jackie had a very clear sense she was going to be surrounded by men in grey or navy blue suits,” explains Keogh. “She knew she needed that block of color to stand out. Nobody was going to have a rare and beautiful pink Chanel suit like her’s.” She paired the suit with the equally iconic matching pillbox hat made by Halston (who did millinery work for Bergdorf’s), but left the coordinating coat, in a darker shade of pink, aboard the plane because the weather that morning in Fort Worth was unexpectedly mild. To this day, nobody knows what became of Jackie’s hat after the shooting. There are several theories about its whereabouts, the most common being that Mary Gallagher, Jackie’s former personal secretary, now in her 90s, was handed the hat by Secret Service staff and kept it in her collection. Although Gallagher has sold many of the items that she received from her famous employer, she refuses to comment on its fate. Another possibility is that it somehow just got thrown away by the crew who cleaned the president’s limousine of blood.

After all, the concept of CSI didn’t exist back then. A missing piece of history, the pillbox hat remains absent from that box in the windowless room of the National Archives, where perhaps the saddest symbol of the JFK tragedy lies in controlled temperatures of between 65 and 68 degrees, in 40 percent humidity, shielded from light and prying eyes. Share this: The secrets behind Jackie's iconic Chanel suit Email a friend TALKING about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, who had been riding ahead of the first couple in the fateful 1963 motorcade, recalled her most heart-rending memory of that day. The recollection is seared into the minds of generations of Americans who were not in Dallas five decades ago on November 22, but, after watching the vivid color film footage of the shooting, felt as if they had been among the horrified bystanders in Dealey Plaza. “I [looked] over my shoulder and saw, in the president’s car, a bundle of pink, just like a drift of blossoms, lying on the back seat,” Lady Bird Johnson said at the time.

That “drift of blossoms” was, of course, the diminutive figure of Jacqueline Kennedy — Jack’s 34-year-old wife, crouching for cover in the strawberry-colored Chanel suit, which became an emblem of the tragedy. “The outfit is a terrible talisman of American history and heartbreak,” says New York-based fashion expert Pamela Keogh, who writes about the iconic wool bouclé two-piece in her book “Jackie Style.” “But despite symbolizing a very sorrowful moment in our nation’s past, it also shows Jackie’s courage.” The grief-stricken First Lady famously insisted on wearing the blood-spattered suit during the swearing in of Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One before the flight back to Washington, DC. “Let them see what they have done,” she repeatedly said when asked if she wanted to change. Writing in her diary about the hastily arranged inauguration ceremony, Lady Bird Johnson noted: “Mrs. Kennedy’s dress was stained with blood. “Somehow that was one of the most poignant sights — that immaculate woman exquisitely dressed, and caked in blood.” Photographs of Jackie being met at Andrews Air Force Base by her brother-in-law, Bobby, show the solidified dark brown marks.

It wasn’t until the following morning that the grieving widow finally agreed to take off the outfit, after the official autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital. She then comforted her two children, Caroline and John, at the time aged just five and two. Today, Jackie’s pink suit, with its distinctive navy blue collar, is kept inside an acid-free box in a numbered storeroom within the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland. It has never been dry-cleaned and, according to the few staffers who have seen the suit, looks brand-new except for the telltale blood stains. It will remain hidden from the American public until at least 2103 because Caroline, her sole surviving heir, signed a deed in 2003 stipulating that it remain hidden for 100 years. The terms will likely be renegotiated by Kennedy’s descendants in the next century. News_Image_File: Jackie Kennedy “The dress won’t see the light of day in my lifetime,” says Keogh. “And for that, I’m grateful. “To my mind, there would be something very ghoulish about it being put on display.” There is no denying the fascination for the suit, which has been copied dozens of times on-screen.

It has been worn by a succession of actresses playing the chic First Lady in movies and TV series. Most recently, Minka Kelly wore a version in this summer’s civil-rights epic “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” while Ginnifer Goodwin re-created the look in the National Geographic Channel film “Killing Kennedy” airing this month. Most experts concur that the suit Jackie owned in 1963 was itself a copy of a Chanel. They believe it was manufactured in the Big Apple’s Garment District by the upscale fashion label Chez Ninon. “In the old days, Chanel let certain US-based designers buy a suit and literally copy it, line-for-line,” explains Keogh. “They would send them the exact material and buttons from France.” So why would a wealthy blue blood, one of the most famous women in the world, wear a knockoff? The answer lies with Jackie’s father-in-law, Joe Kennedy, who bankrolled her wardrobe and was conscious that fancy Paris design houses didn’t square with the First Couple’s all-American image.

“It was part of this movement to have the Kennedys seen as not too silver spoon and ivory tower,” says Scott Stoddart, dean of the School of Liberal Arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. “Chez Ninon maintained a close relationship with Chanel, which saw the arrangement as a way to repay Mrs. Kennedy’s long-term patronage.” It was routine for Jackie and her sister, Lee Radziwill, to cherry-pick pieces by Givenchy, Chanel and Pierre Cardin, and have them copied “relatively on the cheap” by their favorite designers such as Oleg Cassini. “Receipts don’t exist for the Chanel [facsimile] but there are other receipts from around the same time for other items made up in New York from French designs,” adds Stoddart. Fashion historian Steven Brawley, who blogs at pinkpillbox.com, reveals that the original suit debuted in the September 1961 issue of Life magazine, in an article about the fall Chanel collection.

Headlined “In Suits Too, a Trim and Slim Fit,” the editorial showed a brunette model, a Jackie look-alike with bouffant hair, wearing the double-breasted jacket and skirt and crossing a New York City street. Was it a coincidence that the same issue of Life featured Mrs. Kennedy on the cover, talking about her plans to renovate The White House? “I often wonder if she was reading her interview, then flipped to the fashion pages, saw the suit and thought, ‘I simply must have that!’ ” says Brawley. The day of the assassination was not the first time Jackie appeared in the outfit. Photos show her wearing it at least six times prior to her husband’s murder, ranging from a mass at Camp David in November 1961 to a meeting at Washington, DC’s Lafayette Square in September 1962. She wore it during her March 1962 trip to London when she lunched with Queen Elizabeth II. “The suit was supposedly a favorite of the president’s because he liked the bright pink color,” says Stoddart.

“He asked her to wear it in Dallas that morning because it would look good photogenically — something the crowd would spot.” JFK, always image-conscious, approved his wife’s outfits for the important Texas trip, which was meant to mark the start of his 1964 re-election campaign. In an interview with biographer William Manchester, Jackie recalled that her husband told her, “There are going to be all these rich, Republican women at that lunch . . . wearing mink coats and diamond bracelets. And you’ve got to look as marvelous as any of them. Be simple — show these Texans what good taste really is.” Not that she needed the advice. “There were no such thing as stylists in those days, but Jackie had a very clear sense she was going to be surrounded by men in grey or navy blue suits,” explains Keogh. “She knew she needed that block of color to stand out.

Nobody was going to have a rare and beautiful pink Chanel suit like her’s.” She paired the suit with the equally iconic matching pillbox hat made by Halston (who did millinery work for Bergdorf’s), but left the coordinating coat, in a darker shade of pink, aboard the plane because the weather that morning in Fort Worth was unexpectedly mild. To this day, nobody knows what became of Jackie’s hat after the shooting. There are several theories about its whereabouts, the most common being that Mary Gallagher, Jackie’s former personal secretary, now in her 90s, was handed the hat by Secret Service staff and kept it in her collection. Although Gallagher has sold many of the items that she received from her famous employer, she refuses to comment on its fate. Another possibility is that it somehow just got thrown away by the crew who cleaned the president’s limousine of blood. After all, the concept of CSI didn’t exist back then.

A missing piece of history, the pillbox hat remains absent from that box in the windowless room of the National Archives, where perhaps the saddest symbol of the JFK tragedy lies in controlled temperatures of between 65 and 68 degrees, in 40 percent humidity, shielded from light and prying eyes. Jackie Kennedy's pink suit locked away from public view - CNN.com 1 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story \ – John Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier met in 1951 and after a brief engagement, they married in Rhode Island in the century-old church of St. Mary's on September 12, 1953. Hide Caption Photos: John and Jackie: A love story \ – John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at the U.S. Capitol on May 6, 1954. Hide Caption Photos: John and Jackie: A love story \ – The couple strolling in the Georgetown area of Washington on May 8, 1954.

Hide Caption 4 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Jackie looking over John's shoulder as he reads the May 7 issue of the Christian Science Monitor on May 9, 1954, Mother's Day. Hide Caption 5 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story The Kennedy's cuddle daughter Caroline while relaxing on a bed at home on March 25, 1958. Hide Caption Photos: John and Jackie: A love story John and Jackie at Eleanor Roosevelt's 75th birthday celebration in 1959. Hide Caption 7 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story The then-senator engages in his favorite pastime of sailing at Hyannisport, Massachusetts, with Jackie in July 1960. Hide Caption 8 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Shortly after his acceptance of the Democratic Party nomination for president, Kennedy and his wife smile and wave from the back of an open-top car in Massachusetts in July 1960. Hide Caption Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Jacqueline greets her husband in 1960.

Hide Caption Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Jackie watches her husband during a presidential debate in September 1960. Hide Caption 11 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Kennedy lends an ear to his wife as they sit together at a table during cocktail hour before dining at a society gala at the Walford Astoria Hotel in 1960. Hide Caption Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Kennedy, campaigning for president, listens to the whispers of his wife in 1960. Hide Caption 13 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story Jackie shares a moment with her husband before he became president, in January 20, 1961, in the rotunda of the Capitol. She became the youngest first lady in nearly 80 years. Hide Caption 14 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story President Kennedy and Jackie greet guests at a party for Nobel Prize winners at the White House on April 29, 1961.

Hide Caption 15 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story The Kennedys stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem at the start of a reception during their state visit to Mexico City on June 30, 1962. Hide Caption 16 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story John and Jackie at Union Station after the departure of King Hassan of Morocco on March 27, 1963. Hide Caption 17 of 19 Photos: John and Jackie: A love story President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Jackie and Caroline with puppies Blackie and White Tips, and family dogs Shannon, Clipper, Wolfie and Charlie on August 14, 1963.

Hide Caption Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit: 5 Facts You Didn't Know About The Iconic Outfit | The Huffington Post Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit: 5 Facts You Didn't Know About The Iconic Outfit 11/19/2013 03:49 pm ET | Updated Nov 20, 2013 270 Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Few suits have been burned into the nation's memory as strongly Jackie Kennedy's pink set, the one she wore the day President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Despite how familiar you are with the suit and pillbox hat (and the rest of Jackie's wardrobe ), there still might be some things you didn't know about the now-infamous outfit. Luckily, NBC's "Today" spoke with Jackie O's personal assistant , Providencia Paredes, to discuss the bespoke suit as part of their coverage leading up to the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination this Friday, Nov. 22. Here are some things we learned: 1. It was an exact copy of a Chanel suit and was even made using Chanel fabric.

It was replicated and made in the US to avoid political criticism. 2. Jackie had worn the pink suit six times before the trip to Dallas, including a 1962 trip to London. (Looks like Michelle Obama learned her outfit repeating skills from the best .) 3. Jackie's personal assistant, Providencia Paredes, chose the suit for the Dallas trip because JFK told her to "pack something light because it's supposed to be warm over there." 4. Despite being stained by blood in the motorcade, Jackie insisted upon wearing the suit as Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president that day. According to the historian interviewed by "Today," when Lady Bird Johnson asked if Jackie wanted to change her outfit, she replied, "No, I want them to see what they have done to Jack." 5. After the assassination, the suit was sent to Jackie's mother in Georgetown for a few months before being sent to the National Archives, still blood-stained to preserve the historical moment. It remains there now as a gift from Caroline Kennedy.

See the iconic pink suit's final outing in Dallas: Relive the rest of Jackie O's wardrobe: Jackie Kennedy Onassis Style (PHOTOS) Jackie Kennedy Onassis Style (PHOTOS) 1 84 August 12, 1934 In the American countryside -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as a child with her parents John Vernou Bouvier III and Janet Lee Bouvier. (AFP/Getty Images) Share this slide: Want more? Be sure to check out HuffPost Style on Twitter , Facebook , Tumblr , Pinterest and Instagram at @HuffPostStyle. Jacqueline Kennedy's Pink Chanel Suit: Then & Now Jacqueline Kennedy's Pink Chanel Suit: Then & Now Jackie's iconic Dallas suit stored until 2103; pillbox hat still missing By Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston/Public Domain JFK's Assassination One of the most haunting images from November 22, 1963, is Jacqueline Kennedy’s pink suit smeared with President Kennedy’s blood in Dallas. The fateful day began with the First Lady beaming radiantly next to her husband while wearing the Chanel suit she’d worn several times.

The day ended with the newly widowed 34-year-old escorting her husband’s body to the White House. Her pink suit and stockings still caked with her husband’s blood so the world could see. In remembrance of the 51st anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination , here’s a detailed look at Jackie’s iconic pink suit — a frock that none of us will ever see in the flesh. continue reading below our video 7 Shopping Tips for Budget Savvy Shoppers Courtesy of Kennedy Library Archives/Newsmakers/Getty Images The Pink Chanel Suit While most people consider Jackie’s pink suit an actual Chanel suit, others consider it a high-end reproduction or knock-off. The jacket and skirt design appeared in Chanel’s 1961 autumn/winter collection; however, Jackie’s pink suit was constructed by Chez Ninon on Park Avenue in New York City. Chanel reportedly provided fabric, trim and gold buttons for the “line-for-line” reproduction, which many say makes it an authentic Chanel suit. Jackie loved wearing French designs, but felt compelled to wear American-made garments; thus, this American-made Chanel suit satisfied her wishes. Its estimated cost was $800 to $1,000.

The bubble gum-colored suit is classic Chanel, from its boxy, three-quarter-length sleeve jacket to its fitted skirt. Although it appears solid pink, the wool bouclé fabric features threads in lighter and darker shades of pink and red. Jackie reportedly described the suit as “raspberry-colored.” The double-breasted jacket features a wide, notched lapel collar and trim (on the cuffs and pockets) in navy blue. Underneath, Jackie wore a sleeveless navy blue blouse. The hemline of the slim skirt fell just below Jackie’s knees. Before November 22, 1963, Jackie had worn this pink suit at least six times in public including to morning mass in 1961, in London with her sister Lee Radziwill in 1962 and at the White House with Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur on October 24, 1962 (seen here). On a few occasions, Jackie wore her signature triple-strand of pearls with the suit (which she did not wear in Dallas). The First Lady topped off the pink dress with a matching pink pillbox hat with navy blue trim made by Roy Halston Frowick (Halston).

Halston, who was the head milliner at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City when he made Jackie’s signature pillbox hats, also made the pillbox hat she wore on President Kennedy’s inauguration day. Pillbox hats were meant to sit on top of the head, but the First Lady always pinned them tilted on the back of her head so that her face was visible. By Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston/Public Domain November 22, 1963 Before Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy departed for their three-day whirlwind trip to Texas, the President told Jackie (according to William Manchester’s 1967 book “The Death of a President”), “There are going to be all these rich, Republican women at that lunch… wearing mink coats and diamond bracelets. And you’ve got to look as marvelous as any of them. Be simple—show these Texans what good taste really is.” The pink Chanel suit, one of Jackie's favorites, was selected for the Texas trip by the First Lady and her personal assistant Providencia (Provi) Paredes.

On the fateful morning, President Kennedy and the First Lady woke up in their room at Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, Texas. President Kennedy spoke at a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast, an event Jackie didn’t plan to attend until the President had a Secret Service agent fetch her. The large crowd wanted to see Jackie. “Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer,” said President Kennedy. The audience laughed. “But of course she looks better than we do when she does it.” When Jackie finally arrived, beaming in her feminine pink ensemble, the crowd applauded. The pink Chanel suit was accented with Jackie’s pink lipstick, white gloves, low-heeled navy blue pumps and a navy blue handbag with gold chain handles and closure. The top button of her jacket was unbuttoned. Jackie's pillbox hat was pinned on the crown of her signature bouffant hairdo. “Two years ago I said that, I introduced myself in Paris by saying that I was the man who had accompanied Mrs. Kennedy to Paris,” said President Kennedy. “I’m getting somewhat that same sensation as I travel around Texas. Nobody wonders what Lyndon and I wear.” By Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F.

Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston/Public Domain Dallas, Texas The misty morning had cleared to reveal beautiful, blue skies. After the breakfast and following motorcade through Fort Worth, the Kennedys took a 13-minute flight on Air Force One to Dallas Love Field. Upon landing, Jackie received a bouquet of red roses — a stark color against her pink suit that foreshadowed things to come. Clear skies meant that the President and First Lady, along with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife Nellie, would ride through Dallas in the Presidential limousine, a convertible Lincoln Continental, uncovered and without a bubble top. Jackie’s pink suit was a pretty pop of color in the midnight blue limousine. As the motorcade headed toward the Dallas Trade Mart, the site of President Kennedy’s next speech, Jackie put on her black sunglasses. President Kennedy requested she remove them — it was a beautiful day and the crowd wanted to see her. Jackie removed them. Although some describe that day as hot, the temperature only reached 69 that day according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

During the motorcade, the temperature was most likely around 66 or 67 degrees; therefore, Jackie would have been comfortable in her wool suit. At 12:30 p.m., the motorcade turned the corner onto Elm Street in front of the Texas School Book Depository. Shots fired. The final shot stuck President Kennedy’s head. Jackie scrambled onto the trunk of the limousine — some say she was fleeing, others say she was retrieving part of her husband’s head. Secret Service Agent Clint Hill jumped on the back of the car and urged Jackie to get down. The First Lady returned to her seat and her husband’s body slumped onto her lap. It wasn’t until Life Magazine published color frames of Abraham Zapruder’s historic 8-millimeter film in October 1964 that most of the public learned that Jackie’s dress was pink. They’d only seen her dress in black-and-white photos and black-and-white TV broadcasts. By Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston/Public Domain The Bloodied Suit After President Kennedy died at Parkland Hospital, Jackie was asked by aides if she would like a clean change of clothes.

She insisted on wearing her pink suit covered in her husband’s blood. “Let them see what they’ve done,” she said. Later in her diary, Lady Bird Johnson wrote: "I looked at her. Mrs. Kennedy's dress was stained with blood. One leg was almost entirely covered with it and her right glove was caked, it was caked with blood — her husband's blood. Somehow that was one of the most poignant sights — that immaculate woman exquisitely dressed, and caked in blood." At the hospital, Jackie removed her pillbox hat. "While standing there I was handed Jackie's pillbox hat and couldn't help noticing the strands of her hair beneath the hat pin. I could almost visualize her yanking it from her head," wrote Jackie’s personal secretary Mary Barelli Gallagher (who accompanied Jackie to Dallas) in her 1969 memoir “My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy.” It wasn’t until the morning of November 23, after Jackie accompanied her husband’s body back to the White House, that she removed her bloody garments. The suit and accessories were soon stored at the Georgetown home of Jackie’s mother Janet Auchincloss. By Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F.

Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston/Public Domain Where is the Pink Suit? At the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland, rests Jackie’s pink suit, stockings, navy blouse, navy pumps and handbag. The garments, which have never been cleaned, lie unfolded in an acid-free box in a dark, climate-controlled vault in an undisclosed location. The Los Angeles Times reported that the vault’s temperature is always 65 to 68 degrees, humidity is 40 percent and the air is changed six times per hour. Except for the blood, the suit reportedly looks brand new. The suit and accessories arrived in a box at the National Archives sometime before July 1964 with a note from Jacqueline’s mother Janet Auchincloss on her personal stationery that simply said, “Jackie’s suit and bag worn November 22, 1963,” according to The New York Times . Meanwhile, Jackie’s pillbox hat and bloodied gloves are missing. Mary Barelli Gallagher, Jackie’s personal secretary, is said to possibly have the pillbox hat; however, she has not confirmed it.

After Jacqueline died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on May 19, 1994, at age 64, the pink suit legally belonged to her daughter Caroline Kennedy. In 2003, Caroline deeded the suit to the National Archives with instructions that it cannot be seen until 2103, according to The New York Times. Special access to the suit is never granted. It’s a suit that none of us will ever see. Only in photographs. Sources Jacqueline Kennedy Pink Chanel Dress Assassination | British Vogue Lauren is the news editor of Vogue.co.uk Tuesday 3 April 2012 THE "Chanel" suit, worn by Jacqueline Kennedy on the day that President Kennedy was assassinated was a fake - so says Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld . The bright pink, bouclé skirt suit, which she wore with a pillbox hat, was assumed by all to be by her favourite label - Chanel - but was actually created by American dressmaker Oleg Cassini . "The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV," Carine Roitfeld said in an interview with the new print edition of STYLE.COM, alongside Karl Lagerfeld .

"It was on Mrs Kennedy - the pink one." ADVERTISEMENT "In 1963," Lagerfeld clarified, before revealing, "It was a fake, a line-by-line copy by Cassini. She did have real Chanels, her sister ordered them. We have all the proof." Girls On Film By Scarlett Kilcooley-O'Halloran But it seems that far from being a definite "fake," the dress is creating much debate: it has a Wikipedia page of its own ; whilst Chanel biographer Justine Picardie said in her 2011 release - Chanel, Her Life - that the "copy" was in fact authorised by Chanel. "She was able to acquire Chanel outfits sewn for her in New York by a dressmaking establishment called Chez Ninon," Picardie said, in the book, of Kennedy.

"The garments were not fake or pirated, but made to order using materials supplied by Chanel in Paris… Thus it was, that she came to be wearing a vivid pink Chanel suit (complete with fabric, trim and buttons from 31 Rue Cambon, but fitted at Chez Ninon) on 22nd November 1963, accompanying her husband to Dallas." ADVERTISEMENT Jacqueline Kennedy's pink hat is a missing piece of history - latimes YOU ARE HERE: LAT Home → Collections → Assassination Jacqueline Kennedy's pink hat is a missing piece of history The first lady's pink suit and pillbox hat are a symbol of JFK's assassination and became treasured by a nation. The suit is stored away for safekeeping, but the hat is nowhere to be found. January 26, 2011 |By Faye Fiore, Los Angeles Times Reporting from College Park, Md. — In the nation's collective memory, the assassination of John F. Kennedy is a clash of images and mysteries that may never be sorted out to the satisfaction of everyone. But if there is a lasting emblem that sums up Nov.

22, 1963, the day America tumbled from youthful idealism to hollow despair, it is Jacqueline Kennedy's rose-pink suit and pillbox hat. An expanded collection of Kennedy treasures and trivia was unveiled this month on exhibit and online to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's inauguration; it includes the fabric of his top hat (beaver fur) down to his shoe size (10C). But missing and hardly mentioned are what could be the two most famous remnants of Kennedy's last day. The pink suit, blood-stained and perfectly preserved in a vault in Maryland, is banned from public display for 100 years. The pillbox hat — removed at Parkland Hospital while Mrs. Kennedy waited for doctors to confirm what she already knew — is lost, last known to be in the hands of her personal secretary, who won't discuss its whereabouts. Does it matter? Should it? It's said that history takes a generation to decant, and great chapters are defined by the trappings of everyday life: a stovepipe hat, a pair of polio braces. Mrs.

Kennedy could not have imagined the outfit she put on that morning would come to epitomize the essence of Camelot and the death of it. "The single symbol of that event and of her as a persona is that pink suit," said Carl Sferrazza Anthony, a first ladies historian. "It's all anyone need see and, in an instant, people know what it is in reference to." This is the story of how an otherwise ordinary pink suit and hat came to be treasured by a nation, only to slip from its reach. Few public figures understood the power of fashion the way Jacqueline Kennedy did, and when she packed for Dallas, she chose nothing she hadn't worn before. The goal was not to upstage the president as she had to his delight on a recent trip to Paris, but to exquisitely accentuate him as the 1964 election season kicked off. She took along two suits, one of them the pink Chanel knockoff created by a New York dress shop so she could indulge her French tastes and still buy American. The pink was unforgettable — the color of roses, azaleas, watermelon. Kennedy himself asked her to wear it.

It was trimmed in navy blue, with a blue blouse, blue pumps and handbag, and the trademark pillbox hat, secured with a pin. Looking back now at the grainy footage of the first couple as the dark limousine, top down, rounded the turn from Houston to Elm, it's hard not to hope for a different outcome. As long as she is wearing that hat, the world is still intact. Then, inevitably, comes the lurch of his body, the unforgettable flash of pink scrambling in panic across the trunk. All that day, her clothing bore witness to history. Lady Bird Johnson, wife of Vice President Lyndon B.

Johnson, who was riding in the motorcade's third car, recalled for investigators her memory of Secret Service agents frantic to get the president inside Parkland Hospital while his wife bent over him, refusing to let go: "I cast one last look over my shoulder and saw, in the president's car, a bundle of pink, just like a drift of blossoms, lying on the back seat." Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the first lady, remembered resting his hands on the suit's trembling shoulders, the left side of the skirt wet with blood where she was cradling her husband's head. Somewhere inside the hospital, the hat came off. "While standing there I was handed Jackie's pillbox hat and couldn't help noticing the strands of her hair beneath the hat pin. I could almost visualize her yanking it from her head," Mary Gallagher, the first lady's personal secretary who accompanied her to Dallas, later wrote in her memoir. Despite urgings from staff and handlers to "clean up her appearance," Mrs. Kennedy refused to get out of her bloodied clothes, according to biographer William Manchester's detailed account of the assassination, "The Death of a President." "Why not change?" one aide prompted.

"Another dress?" the president's personal physician suggested. Mrs. Kennedy shook her head hard. "No, let them see what they've done." The suit was never cleaned and never will be. It sits today, unfolded and shielded from light, in an acid-free container in a windowless room somewhere inside the National Archives and Records Administration's complex in Maryland; the precise location is kept secret. The temperature hovers between 65 and 68 degrees, the humidity is 40%, the air is changed six times an hour. "It looks like it's brand-new, except for the blood," said senior archivist Steven Tilley, one of a handful of people to lay eyes on the suit since that day in Dallas. Jackie Kennedy artifacts missing from JFK exhibit - sealed till 2103 Jackie Kennedy artifacts missing from JFK exhibit - sealed till 2103 Jan 31, 2011 Source: news.yahoo.com On Nov. 22, 1963, the fateful day of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy famously wore a pink suit, accessorized with a matching pillbox hat.

And in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of JFK’s inauguration this month, Boston’s John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum mounted a display featuring a treasure trove of Kennedy artifacts. But the first lady’s iconic Chez Ninon suit and pillbox hat -- immortalized on websites and History Channel programs -- aren’t part of the show. At the request of erstwhile first daughter Caroline Kennedy, her late mother’s Dallas suit won’t be on public display until the year 2103, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Faye Fiore. Until then, the National Archives and Records Administration is storing the clothes in a dark, window-less, temperature-controlled bunker at the agency’s complex in Maryland. According to people who have seen it, the jacket was never washed and still retains the look of a brand new article of clothing -- except, of course, for the stains from the blood of the fallen president. Kennedy biographer William Manchester wrote that Jacqueline Kennedy, against the wishes of White House staffers and aides, refused to change into a clean dress prior to a TV appearance at Dallas’s Parkland Hospital, where the presidential motorcade sped the fatally wounded JFK for emergency treatment. "No, let them see what they’ve done," she reportedly said.

She is still wearing the jacket aboard Air Force One in the famous photo of Lyndon Johnson’s swearing in at right. Meanwhile, no one seems to know the whereabouts of the pillbox hat. A Secret Service agent on duty that told Fiore that he gave the hat to Mary Gallagher, the first lady’s personal secretary. But according to Fiore, Gallagher "won’t discuss" what she did with the hat -- though she notes that Gallagher has auctioned off a number of Kennedy artifacts on the internet in the past. The suit’s chain of custody leading to the National Archive also isn’t entirely clear. According to Fiore’s report, Kennedy’s White House maid boxed up her bloody clothes after the first lady removed them. Months later, officials at the Archives received a box containing the pink suit, blouse, handbag, shoes, and stockings. The items were accompanied by an unsigned note composed on the stationery of Jacqueline Kennedy’s mother. It read simply, "Jackie’s suit and bag worn Nov.

22, 1963." No one to this day appears to know for certain if Jacqueline Kennedy’s mother, Janet Auchincloss, sent in the artifacts -- or if the curator in question was the former first lady herself, or one of Jacqueline Kennedy’s assistants. (Photo of President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at Dallas’ Love Field: Getty/Time & Life.Photo of LBJ swearing in: AP/White House/Cecil Stoughton) Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit: What You Didn't Know About The Iconic Outfit (PHOTOS) Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit: What You Didn't Know About The Iconic Outfit (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post Canada reddit ADVERTISEMENT November 22 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy and one image (besides the tragic killing of the former president) still stands out in our minds: Jackie Kennedy's pink suit . Most of us are familiar with the late former First Lady's iconic outfit (including her often duplicated pillbox hat ) which she wore at the swearing in of former president Lyndon B. Johnson even though it was covered with JFK's blood.

Former First Lady "Lady Bird" Johnson detailed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' strength and composure during the swearing-in and noted her elegant suit: "Her hair [was] falling in her face but [she was] very composed ... I looked at her. Mrs. Kennedy's dress was stained with blood. One leg was almost entirely covered with it and her right glove was caked, it was caked with blood – her husband's blood. Somehow that was one of the most poignant sights – that immaculate woman, exquisitely dressed, and caked in blood." So, in honour of the late president's passing and Jackie's incredible courage, we take a look at seven facts you may have not known about her elegant pink suit. 1. The Chanel Myth Legend says that the suit was created by iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel but this is false. In fact, it was a reproduction by New York fashion salon, Chez Ninon , who made it for her in 1961. 2. Whatever Happened To The Suit? According to the Los Angeles Times , the suit sits in the National Archives, has never been cleaned and is banned from public display under Kennedy family instructions until at least 2103. 3.

And The Hat? The L.A. Times reports that the iconic pillbox hat , which was removed at Parkland Hospital while Jackie was waiting for doctors to confirm her husband's death, is lost. It was last known to be in the possession of her personal secretary, Mary Gallagher. 4. True Colours The suit took nearly 90 hours to make and included many shades of pink including raspberry, cherry, rose and blush. 5. A Personal Favour Jackie, who had already worn the suit at least six times before Dallas, sported it on that fateful day because her husband requested it . The suit was his personal favourite. 6. A Contradiction However, Jackie's personal assistant, Providencia Paredes, says she chose the suit for the Dallas event because JFK told her to "pack something light because it's supposed to be warm over there." 7. Jackie's Strength Although her suit was stained with JFK's blood, Jackie insisted on wearing the suit at Johnson's presidential swearing-in .

When asked if she wanted to change, Jackie replied, "No, I want them to see what they have done to Jack." Jackie had incredible style: Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit: 6 Things You Didn't Know About the Iconic Look | E! News Jackie Kennedy's Pink Suit: 6 Things You Didn't Know About the Iconic Look By Art Rickerby/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images There are few looks more iconic than Jackie Kennedy's pink suit and matching pillbox hat. And while many of us may think we're pretty familiar with the outfit the former first lady wore on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, the Today show has unveiled some pretty surprising facts about the historic suit 50 years after that tragic day in Dallas. Here's what we learned: 1. Dress For Less: Though many think the boucle suit was a Chanel design, it was, in fact, a knockoff of sorts. To avoid political criticism and embrace a made-in-the-USA look, the first lady had an exact replica of the French fashion house's suit made stateside from authentic Chanel fabric. PHOTOS: Taylor Swift's Jackie O Fashions 2.

Familiar Fashion: Before Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton , Jackie O was the queen of shopping her closet. The brunette beauty had worn the pink number a total of six times prior to that fateful day. 3. Presidential Influence: Though it was Jackie who ultimately picked what she wore in Dallas, it was the president who told her personal assistant, Providencia Paredes, "Pack something light because it's supposed to be warm over there." 4. Star Style: In his last public speech, JFK acknowledged his wife's pull on the public in her stylish suit. He joked that for a trip to France, he introduced himself "as the man that accompanied Mrs. Kennedy to Paris" and that he was "getting somewhat the same sensation as I travel around Texas." He got a huge laugh when he quipped, "Nobody wonders what Lyndon and I wear." NEWS: Michelle Obama dishes on her biggest fashion regret 5. Swearing-In Suit: Mrs. Kennedy refused to change out of her bloodstained suit for Lyndon Johnson's swearing-in as the new president. "No, I'm going to leave these clothes on," she said. "I want them to see what they have done to Jack." 6.

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Question: Who famously wore a pink Chanel suit and a pillbox hat?
Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy