![]() ![]() ![]() They produced much of Mrs Kennedy's wardrobe. ![]() It was an insult to the American clothing industry - but The Wife was very fussy about her clothes and a way had to be found around this problem and it was done through Chez Ninon, an exclusive Manhattan atelier. It wasn't considered politically appropriate for the wife of the President of the United States to wear couture clothes from France. I've always assumed that the suit was new for the occasion - but it had a back story too and it's told in The Pink Suit, a work of historical fiction based on facts. Let them see what they have done, she said. In November 1963 the world was shocked by the assassination of President John F Kennedy, but the picture which brought home to us the horror of what had happened was not of JFK but of his wife in the iconic pink suit, soaked with her husband's blood. Despite the subject it's a light and easy read. Summary: A fictional look at one small aspect of the assassination of President Kennedy. ![]()
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