Before I got married I had an embarrassingly large inspiration book of wedding images. This was obviously pre-Pinterest--a total Godsend for brides-to-be. The first and probably most important pull page was this one.
Chances are you've seen it more than once. It was taken of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy on their wedding day (September 21, 1996) in Cumberland Island, Georgia. The dress was designed by Narciso Rodriguez, a close friend of CBK's, arguably launching his career into the upper fashion echelons.
Despite CBK's short time in the spotlight, due to her untimely passing, her style remains something of a standard for posh and minimalist style, due in no small part to the fact that she worked at Calvin Klein in the mid-1990s when the minimal look was at perhaps its most fabulous and Kate Moss looked about 12.
I snapped that last photo of Kate Moss and CBK out of my own copy of John F. Kennedy Jr. A Life in Pictures. Isn't it cool?
Even five years after her death, CBK was mentioned in the opening page of Bergdorf Blondes to describe the precise shade of Manhattan blonde (white not yellow) that could only truly be achieved by salon touch-ups every 13 days. But perhaps what I most associate CBK with is the minimal cocktail dress (usually black) that she made look so utterly amazing.
And while no one could do it like she did it, I noticed a few cool twists on the CBK dress recently I had to share.
I would pair them with very minimal strappy gold or silver sandals and a swipe of red lipstick for evening. They're just such a refreshing change of pace from over-the-top embellishments and patterns that are so abundant lately--not that those aren't super fun too! But, as CBK knew well, sometimes the best way to stand out is to scale back.
xo,
The Canary Diaries
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