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The day Jackie Kennedy won the hearts of the French in Givenchy

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First Lady of the Style (1/4) – On several occasions. Moreover, the holding of a First Lady completely overshadowed the object of their visit and the presence of their husband, the press having comments only for their look. Moreover, First episode of this series with the Givenchy dress by Jackie Kennedy.

Often copied, never equaled, the “Kennedy style” has gone around the world. However, The most French of the First Lady. Consequently, Jacqueline Bouvier, known as “Jackie” Kennedy, marked the story by its elegance and its signature look: a skirt tailor without collar or reverse, sometimes decorated with a jewel, a single, a three -row pearl necklace, and its small without edge hat, its “pillbox” (pillier). In addition, A “uniform” imagined by Oleg Cassini. However, but that the wife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy had not taken in his suitcases for their state trip to day jackie kennedy won hearts France, in June 1961.

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For that week. In addition, Jackie Kennedy had asked Hubert de Givenchy, then a favorite couturier of Audrey Hepburn, to dress him. Similarly, In an interview with Paris Match in 2017. Similarly, the designer explained that he had made him “10 or 15 outfits, his berets, his” pillbox “, his highly supported coats” …. Additionally, Similarly, above all, his dress for the state dinner given in his honor and that of her husband by General de Gaulle at the Palace of Versailles. A piece that has become iconic.

Jacky Kennedy when he arrived in Versailles at the arm of her husband. John Fitzgerald day jackie kennedy won hearts Kennedy, on June 1, 1961. His sumptuous dress was then hidden under his Givenchy coat.

Jacky Kennedy when he arrived in Versailles at the arm of her husband, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, on June 1, 1961. His sumptuous dress was then hidden under his Givenchy coat. © Dalmas/SIPA

An unforgettable silk dress – Day jackie kennedy won hearts

On June 1. 1961, Jackie Kennedy appeared alongside General de Gaulle in the Galerie des Glaces in a sublime evening dress Givenchy in Ziberline Ivory, an exceptional silk then very popular in Paris. A dress with a trapezoid skirt. richly embroidered bodice, with silk, colorful roses and lily of the valley, by the Hurel house and embellished with silk ribbon and rockery pearls.

A majestic piece that the “First Lady” accompanied by a diadem of diamonds to hold its magnificent bun. earrings in the shape of a drop of day jackie kennedy won hearts water and long white gloves. A look that so much charmed the French president whom he would have told Jackie Kennedy that she “looked. like a watteau” by the name of the painter Antoine Watteau.

“After the Versailles evening. Jackie sent me a small postcard to tell me that General de Gaulle had made him a very beautiful compliment. He said to him: “Madam, tonight, you look like a Parisian”, “said Givenchy.

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Jacky Kennedy alongside General de Gaulle when they arrived in the Galerie des Glaces. at the Palace of Versailles, on June 1, 1961. day jackie kennedy won hearts

Jacky Kennedy alongside General de Gaulle when they day jackie kennedy won hearts arrived in the Galerie des Glaces. at the Palace of Versailles, on June 1, 1961. © AFP

“The man who accompanied Jacky”

Aware of the love that the French immediately brought to his wife. JFK would have introduced his speech joking: “I am the man who accompanied Jackie Kennedy in Paris and I really appreciated. »»

The day after this dinner in six dishes (served in Napoleon porcelain) which had brought together 150 people in Versailles. the French and American press only had comments for the holding of Jackie Kennedy, welcoming the fact that she was the first “First Lady” to dare to wear non -American clothes. So much so that we remember today this dress today than the fact that it is precisely for this. dinner that electricity has been pulled even in the Galerie des Glaces …. that it was since this reception that day jackie kennedy won hearts the presidents have gotten into the habit of receiving their hosts in Versailles.

This dinner also marked the beginning of a beautiful love story between the Kennedy and France. The presidential couple also encouraged American patrons to support the Palace of Versailles after their visit. As for the famous dress. Jackie Kennedy postponed it the following year for a dinner at the White House and has since been regularly exhibited around the world.

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