Iconic LOVE

JFK Jr. and his private princess Carolyn Bassette.

They met in 1994 at the Calvin Klein showroom in New York City.
He was the world's most eligible bachelor, the only son of a revered President coming into his own as the founding editor of George Magazine. 

She was the stunning fashion publicist in charge of celebrity relations on hand to show him the new collection.

"He was instantly attracted to her," recalls his friend and assistant RoseMarie Terenzio.

Though she turned him down when he first asked her out, he eventually won her over. In her, his friends say, he met his match.

"John and Carolyn were magic together," says his close friend Gustavo Paredes.

 

Wedding:Bessette asked close friend (and then-unknown designer) Narciso Rodriguez to design the gown she wore to marry John F. Kennedy Jr in 1996. The resulting simple bias-cut silk dress launched his career—and cemented her status as a new style icon.

Her Style: Simle, modern, minimal with clean cuts.
Black and white pieces were starring at her wardrobe.

CBK was such a thing that every NYC colorist foiling before the 2000s has some story of how they had a hand in developing her beach baby blond color.

When she wasn’t cloaked in Prada, structural Yohji Yamamoto, vintage leopard print coats, backwards caps, and Hermès Birkins before they became so ubiquitous among the 1%, she was helping to get the then-unkown Narciso Rodriguez on the speed dial of every woman with a social calendar.

Such is life when your high school yearbook names you “the ultimate beautiful person.” (intothegloss.com)

Despite her public persona, she maintained an air of mystery that continues to keep us musing.