Twenty-five years after Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy “hands down changed the wedding dress game,” the people who watched it happen revisit her fashion legacy:
Vogue: We were a generation that grew up watching Diana get married on TV in 1981 in that iconic wedding dress. In 1996, it was still a pretty iconic wedding dress. Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera were simplifying their designs, but not as simple as a slip dress. [Carolyn’s dress] was revolutionary in that sense, that someone would wear something that simple. It crystallized that trend [minimalism] in fashion.
What struck me about the dress is it was so bare—no ornamentation, no rhinestones or sequins or even embroidery. She was just one of those women who understood how to make fashion work for her, not the other way around. She just was who she was, and part of her appeal came from not trying to be anything other than herself. She understood how to not have the clothes be the focus—was always the focus. She understood that an understatement was the loudest statement in the room.
People are still dressing in that kind of design for their weddings, and people are definitely still inspired by the dress in many different ways. Its simplicity really changed the whole nature of the bridal industry—that whole idea of wearing a much simpler wedding gown has become a classic bridal expression now.has openly shared her admiration of Carolyn’s style.
“everything goals.” Even nearly two decades after her death in 1999, Carolyn’s impact on fashion and culture remains: Fashion designerGone Girl: It is a timeless dress. Whatever she wore for that wedding would have been memorable. The flowers she carried, everything about it was very casual in a time when bouquets didn’t really look like that.: The spotlight that A-listers have to endure—the dress was a chess move away from that.
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