The outfit she wore on that fateful day in Dallas represents the glamour of power – and is a symbol of a shattered dream
The most iconic piece of first lady clothing in all of fashion history is no pretty sight. Too upsetting for public display, it is sealed in a climate-controlled vault of the National Archives near Washington DC, where it will be kept hidden until 2103, a purdah imposed, when it arrived with an unsigned note on the stationery of Jackie Kennedy’s mother, Janet Auchincloss, which read simply: “Jackie’s suit and bag – worn November 22, 1963.”
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