Jackie Pt. 2

As promised, though very late....here is some info on my style idol and all around icon...

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of United States President John F. Kennedy from 1953 to his death in 1963. She served as First Lady of the United States from 1961 until her husband's assassination. She was married to Aristotle Onassis from 1968 until his death in 1975. In later years she had a successful career as a book editor. She preferred her first name to be pronounced in the French manner (IPA: /ʒækˈliːn/).[1] After her marriage to Kennedy she was known as Jacqueline Kennedy or Jackie Kennedy; upon her marriage to Onassis and thereafter she was known as Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Onassis, or more informally as Jackie O.

Through the years during and after she was First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy was a fashion icon. Many women tried to copy her clean suits, dresses and hairstyles. She had a tendency to wear French designers like Chanel, Givenchy, and Christian Dior but later made American designers like Lilly Pulitzer and Oleg Cassini well-known after wearing their clothes while being First Lady.[20] Still today Jackie is known for an impeccable style and is thought of as the most stylish of the First Ladies.

She is just everything I believe a woman should be, yeah she's flawed and she lived dangerously in some people's opinions but she lived. Wether in Paris, New York or the Hamptons she was always the best dressed lady and popularized effortless chic. She wore classic pieces and made simple and brainy sexy. I loved that her makeup was light and that she wore simple haircuts and was just generally not fussy.

I always try to read up on her and one of my favorites books about her is called
What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living by Shelly Branch and Sue Callaway. I love this book, it was a quick read and filled with everything from the colour of her bedding to her favorite poems.