A Closer Look: Jackie Kennedy’s White House Wardrobe by Oleg Cassini | Cultured Elegance

[@julieferrara8880]

The fashions Jackie wore are just as stylish today. I loved her fashion sense and contributions to our country.

[@CulturedElegance]

I completely agree!

[@marthaanderson2967]

Understated simple style is best !

[@GwenWittig]

She was the epitome of sophisticated elegance and a class act. One of the most stunning and intelligent first ladies we've ever had. Her Cassini wardrobe was timeless with many pieces still in vogue today. Great video. 🥰

[@doreekaplan2589]

She put on a fake child's voice....weird. she contributed NOTHING

[@angiecoers6255]

Maurice Templeman was married. His wife must have not mind to be sharing her husband. Hey, she is the former First Lady and Icon, who can say no.

[@DarrylGrantaba]

Entirely, and wholeheartedly agree!

[@austindarrenor]

I'm sorry but I find her reprehensible because she had to have a leopard skin coat (0:55) that lead to the deaths of countless leopards and other big cats because she set the fashion. That was totally unnecessary.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@austindarrenor Jackie was an animal lover. When she wore that coat no one talked about animals rights and animals that might become extinct. I believe she evolved I don't remember her wearing that coat in later years.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

Jackie's wardrobe is timeless. The overall effect is simple. There were no added frills or details. Lines are straight & unadorned. Jackie had a rather odd body almost masculine. She was relatively flat chested, thin, large hands & feet, wide shoulders. The dresses did not draw attention but presented a symmetrical line to the body. The genius lay in the beautiful materials, hair designs, gloves & wraps she often used.

[@DarrylGrantaba]

Correct!!!!

[@javagirl]

But it’s her beautiful face that makes her so mesmerizing.

[@pikkuli1]

​@@javagirl Mistä kohtaa hänen kasvonsa olivat kauniit? Silmät melkein ohimoilla asti ja ruma koukku leuka. Neliskulmaiset leveät kasvot. En ole milloinkaan ymmärtänyt mikä hänessä oli kaunista. Minusta hän oli omituisen ja epäsuhtaisen näköinen. Vaatteet olivat kyllä hienot.

[@rhondabitler5474]

And you're gorgeous right?

[@2Aries1953]

Jackie is the GOLD STANDARD when it comes to First Ladies, and other women. Her fashion style is SIMPLE, CLASSIC and ELEGANT!

[@stuartlee6622]

What about La Dragonne, Hillary Rodham Clinton?

[@liannebedard5521]

Hillary made her own contributions…but not in fashion…

[@liannebedard5521]

Jill BIden is a joy to watch. A mature wife with a career and a full plate of worries. If she owns a designer garment, we have no clue what, or by whom, it might be. She picks an outfit that will fit her day…and that’s all we ever hear, or see. “Women hold up half the world” could have been coined with her in mind…

[@kdfulton3152]

And thank you 🙏 so much for keeping this awesome woman’s memory alive.

[@ritaabrahamson567]

How interesting to Jackie Kennedy and her elegant style through the eyes of Oleg Cassini...he was a genius!

[@MarloweDash]

More than beauty grace charm she was CURIOUS INTELLIGENT, extremely knowledgable and courageous. Lets give her credit for these more powerful qualities , her achievements. Please.

[@joannejacob1345]

Have you seen this new social media trend blaming her for her husband’s affairs during his presidency. Very weird behavior and she was a great lady who made significant contributions to American society and the world.

[@M0odyBlue]

She always dressed beautifully. Sophisticated royalty.

[@gingercake0907]

Mrs Kennedy was the epitome of elegance, grace and charm.

[@kdfulton3152]

Jackie; one of the best First Ladies we’ve ever had! Too short of time but heavens, didn’t she get a lot done? Bravo 👏 Jacqueline! They’ll never be another JBK.

[@cynthiaharrell2144]

I totally agree!❤

[@jeanpalumbo3411]

I Agree.❤😢

[@massiahgrom]

Not just elegant , she had a mind like a steel trap . Brilliant and accomplished.

[@annalisavajda252]

She had a nice figure and knew what colours suited her also. Also that era was just classier and fashion dictates to an extent what is available and considered best to wear.

[@DarrylGrantaba]

So many people do not realize that her intelligence was toptier.

[@DarrylGrantaba]

JB West the author of Upstairs at the White House said he never met anyone so determined as she was. Never. The Restoration was a monumental work of scholarship, spearheaded by her.

[@catzenhouse]

@@DarrylGrantaba Read the new biography "Camera Girl, The life of Jaqueline Bouvier". Well-written.

[@joannejacob1345]

She is a cultural icon and has left a lasting legacy on American society and the world that rightfully remains celebrated till this day.

[@jsbarto1]

Wow...Oleg Cassini was an amazing designer..all of the pieces he designed for Jackie could be worn today...classic and timeless!

[@ssoomee]

I love this video! Can you possibly make one about Jackie's style during the Onassis years? Her 70s style was so cool and chic! ❤

[@CulturedElegance]

Thank you so much! Yes I will!! ❤️

[@Nigelsmom2136]

She was always so elegant and classy. She could make a t-shirt and jeans look stunning.

[@philipfrancis2728]

Compliments on your writing. It is thoughtful, insightful, impeccable and insightful. Very much like a stunning couture dress.

[@jeanneelliott7243]

Such an amazing Lady!!❤

[@rlbrown1009]

She was so elegant, classy & beautiful.

[@virginiawilliams9998]

These images have so much emotional impact for me. I was in high school when JFK was elected President and I absolutely idolized Jackie in her role as First Lady. She served her country well with such beauty and grace. She also decided the frumpy furnishings in the White House needed a do over and then she proudly gave a televised tour. When she and JFK took their triumphant European tour (in a day and age when Europe was so distant for most Americans), she caused a sensation wearing some of these very gowns. Thank you for this lovely look back!

[@lisamarielund6292]

The crowds would chant “Jack-ee, Jack-ee, we want Jack-ee”! JFK loved it and quipped in a speech “I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris”. Jackie was a world wide phenomenon and style setter. Women all over the world copied Jackie’s clothing and hair styles

[@virginiawilliams9998]

@@lisamarielund6292 I remember. Standards have really fallen low, don't you think?

[@shereemorgan1430]

She wore some amazing fashions, many can stillbe worn today!.

[@JohnPatrick-pv4bd]

Hello, my dear friend, greetings to you. 🥰 Hope this year brings a great opportunity to your way, I pray that may the Joy of the Lord fill your household. I pray for Love, Peace, Joy, and Happiness to your way. Friendship is all I ask, am John Patrick from 🌍 Nashville Tennessee, where are you from; if I may ask?

[@chindarose47]

Absolutely stunning, one of a kind. She inspires me today in 2024. There will never be another Jackie. Thank you First Lady for being my fashion icon. I will always adore you❤️

[@judysibley1066]

Such beautiful fashions and fabrics. She always looked so elegant.

[@dojocho1894]

My mom was from florence, Italy, she modeled for Dior in Paris in the 1950's Met my dad from Ireland, married 50 yrs she was a virgin... I grew up in amazing household...my parents never once cursed..cant remember ever having argument either....it was home filled with love....rip mom and dad.

[@rhondabitler5474]

That's nice but what does it have to do with this?

[@briel7484]

Was going to say the same thing. Very good for you but why write something completely unrelated to what the video is about. A little to self focused aren’t we?

[@alissajones6131]

Classic, timeless yet sophisticated in a playful way, Oleg Cassini and Jackie Kennedy ❤❤❤

[@loveandpeace3545]

Love her taste in fashion. She is the most beautiful and elegant first lady ever.

[@rosiedebevc1952]

Jackie wardrobe is just gorgeous.😊

[@joanie2733]

What a beauty ❤ the definition of elegance.

[@elizabethcimino6559]

Timeless beauty, style and class.

[@BeautifulThingBoutiq]

She, Jackie, is timeless!

[@Kotyk_Murkotyk]

How about a Grace Kelly video? I like her personality and style!

[@sandradee1579]

Grace had a long romantic relationship with Oleg Cassini in her Hollywood days but he couldn't marry her. She was by far the most elegant dressed woman. Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart displays her best designs.

[@ruthm.6071]

I thoroughly enjoyed this look at the "Jacqueline Kennedy phenomenon". I had just turned 4 when JFK was elected. I remember vividly how classy and beautiful that (way too short) era looked. My mother even on her miniscule budget wore the styles so strikingly. My Barbie doll wore the Jackie look, along with the knee length bouffant dresses. What seems to have disappeared forever is the idea of people looking neat, tidy and put-together. Even looking at photos of family picnics you see men, women and children looking so attractive and tidy. Yes, Mama spent HOURS at the ironing board to keep her 4 kids looking this way, but the result was so well worth it.

[@karyannfontaine8757]

Oleg Cassini had a stunning lady for whom he designed iconic timeless fashion. He took into account her dignity, beauty, classic taste, personality. Our First Lady set the fashion world ablaze. A very first for the USA.

[@sandradee1579]

Princess Diana was also dressed & designed by the best with the same qualities in mind. Catherine Walker & Bruce Oldfield were classic. Her hat designers were amazing!

[@christikapa3856]

Jackie Kennedy & Oleg Cassini were a force to be reckoned with.

[@MegaToti26]

Beauty, grace and charme, exactly.❤️❤️❤️

[@anthonywilliams9852]

Jackie, a symbol of elegance, beauty and savoir-faire.

[@ladyanne8139]

I read Olegs book. Very interesting.... she was the epitome of feminity and gracefulness. ❤

[@benjaminten5320]

Nice !! 💯 ........... That Laugh Doesn't Die !! .... Amen ........

[@LJB103]

Excellent video. How about the elegant woman that Cassini was actually engaged to: Grace Kelly. Her parents broke it up.

[@gccleve1]

How about the beautiful woman he married - Gene Tierney.

[@LJB103]

@@gccleve1 Also a great idea.

[@awishinandahopin7232]

I was a teenage girl in the sixties and I adored her hair styles, her clothes. She was beautiful and seemed to know how to be a warm, polite and loving person. I will never forget she and John, her son and daughter. Felt so sorry for the death of Patrick (baby). I grieved so much when JFK died in such a terrible, horrible way. Watched every tv coverage there was and cried thru it all. Terrible time for the country.🌹🍀

[@leighshepherd8356]

Really terrific choices of images

[@marylongoria9431]

Thank you so much for sharing!❤

[@sallymccoy6286]

Jackie Kennedy was the most beautiful 1st lady of them all. Such a sweet. Quiet voice. With unbeatable class and grace. She brought Camelot to the White House. RIP Jackie

[@lizadivine3785]

Wonderful vid! I was lucky to see many of her clothes at a exhibit in Chicago many years ago. Loved it!

[@elizabethjones9455]

Yes I think so, very intelligent lady elegant style! I admired her very much.

[@teresagriffin2070]

Definitely a fashion icon

[@daren7889]

I admired Jackie Kennedy ! Growing up in the 1960's! She seemed like she had her priorities in order! She was a good mother! Strict yet protective too! She was also an excellent equestrian! 🤗🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇸💙🌊👶👶🐎🐎🐎

[@CulturedElegance]

She sure did!! Very very true!!💖🙌

[@daren7889]

@@CulturedElegance Thanks for your kind reply! Special Education teacher 37 years/ now Retired! 31 years at the Preschool level! 🥰🌲🌄🌲🐈‍⬛🐈🐈🌊💙🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇸

[@jeanpalumbo3411]

JBK, changed the way women dressed.

[@ThanhTran-nz4vk]

She was always smiled . She must be confident and optimistic

[@WinfreyWright]

Beautiful woman and amazing clothes (I saw the exhibit of them in DC about 15 years ago). Style icon. And she was 31, as I recall, when she walked into the White House.

[@joywetzel4640]

Wow!! Love this

[@linda1881]

What a classy First lady!!Simple elegance. , classic and beautyful..❤

[@anna-taniatransylove5762]

WHAT A LOVELY STYLE 🙂 I have seen her Gown Collection in Washington DC.... I believe 2004 or 2005...very pretty

[@nitacarter9193]

Wonderful memories.💔🧡

[@pamcornelius9122]

Oleg Cassini led quite the glamorous life. Born into Russian nobility, married to Gene Tierney, engaged to Grace Kelly and Jackie Kennedy’s “Secretary of Style.”

[@donnalynlaudisi7135]

She was an unbelievable woman who was the best First Lady in American history!

[@apgx6032]

I never thought Jackie was beautiful but she was definitely one classy and elegant lady.

[@pikkuli1]

Ensimmäinen kerta, kun joku muu kuin minä, ei pidä häntä kauniina. Minusta hän oli ihan hirveän kummallisen näköinen. Silmät liian kaukana toisistaan. Leveät neliö kasvot. Järkyttävä koukkumainen leuka. Minua pelotti pienenä kun näin hänen kuvansa, kun hän oli kuin avaruusolio! Kovan näköinen minun silmään ja kaikki kasvoissa epäsuhtaista. En näe missään kohtaa hänen kasvoissaan mitään kaunista. Hymykin oli ruma.

[@rhondabitler5474]

Excuse me but are you drunk? You talk about he, his, him. Whaaaaaat?

[@marieswords3929]

Still the no.1 first lady ever, beautiful, graceful, and stylish, theres no one to come near her. R.I.P beautiful lady.

[@emiliosalman6740]

She was one of the most chick and elegant women as First Lady. Really a secret arm to JFK

[@ericcoverdale9523]

I miss the style of the sixties, such refined elegance. Everyone seemed to really care how they looked, no matter where they were going. 😉

[@christikapa3856]

Yes, it was a time for Class!! Beautiful clothes+styles. Sad no one cares about class nowadays.

[@richardw3470]

We went from the frothy evening dresses of the 50s to the more severe line in the 60s with her fashions. I think of the funny song Judy Holiday sings at the cocktail party in Bells Are Ringing as she secretly strips away the fripperies of her dress to conform with the other guests.

[@anitahaviland3036]

I think the only criticism I heard of Jackie was that she married Onassis. Her.mission with the White House was to bring it back to the state of beauty it deserved. She went into the country's storehouse or storehouses of past presidents, closing the best things possible. She cajoled friends and family into donation items of beauty to the furnishing of the White House. I just wish I had Bern able to tour it with my mother and grandmother who would have been able to truly appreciate her work. She was more than the elegant lady in elegant clothing.

[@jb122761]

Jackie was so elegant--so was JFK

[@drjacquelinequyenthuhaleph3210]

May You Rest In Peace, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy. The couple is so sweet and lovely ❤You will forever be loved. I love my name, Jacqueline! 🙏💖🌷🌷🌷🙏💖🌷🌷🌷

[@David-v8c2p]

Thank You Soo Much FAITH for your Beautifuly Created + Articulated Tribute !

[@CulturedElegance]

You are so welcome!!!🙏

[@Canerican.]

I have that book- the photos are stunning !

[@elaineteut1249]

It was a shame we had black and white TV as her clothes were so colorful and pretty.

[@arizonamom8773]

She had all God given abilities and without Him she would have had nothing.All praise goes to God!

[@Richardsonprincess00]

Jackie loved French clothes so much, but she ended up wearing clothes from America at her time of the white house of her husband's presidential term.

[@julieb7785]

Ladies, we need to ditch the big white athletic shoes, and the long teenaged tresses.

[@suzettemyers6058]

Agree! Forgo the big white athletic shoes, short (think gray helmet) hair, and stone washed “mom” jeans! No matter the age , you can dress w/class and style w/o spending $$$.

[@patriciasmith7074]

@@suzettemyers6058. Not really to dress like Jackie did is very expensive now. I just looked up a pair of dress shoes at Saks start at $295 up to $1600. And that is just the start. A beautiful silk sleeveless dress is $1600, add in a handbag, stockings, undergarments and jewelry and you can easily spend $5,000 to dress up nice. Most women are doing good to buy food to put on the table, we just can’t afford to dress rich when we are all poor.

[@DeathByFashion1]

I was thinking this the other day!! My hair was long midback but I have just cut it to shoulder length. My long hair was not stylish at all. Always straight or curled like everyone else

[@JohnKing-do2yc]

Having only seen the black and white photographs of the era, imagine my surprise walking into a museum exhibit of Jackie's wardrobe and seeing the explosion of color.

[@CVenza]

Rest in peace lovely lady. 🙏

[@donnalynlaudisi7135]

I’m a great follower of Jackie !

[@brober]

Oleg Cassini wrote in his old age " I always thought I was in love with Jackie only recently I realized I was in love with Jack."

[@CulturedElegance]

Love this! Thank you for your comment

[@elizabethdorsch615]

The most elegant first lady in history.

[@sandradee1579]

Melania brought it back. Her blue inaugural outfit was stunning & many others.

[@christikapa3856]

Nancy Regan also has class 20 years later. As did Melania

[@brandywineblogger1411]

I have always loved her style. Her look is just as classy today as 60 years ago. I loved her monochromatic look. The only negative to this well-researched video is that it is narrated by a young female, which detracts from Oleg Cassini especially every time she says "I".

[@CulturedElegance]

The young female is me! The one who has done all the research and put the whole thing together! Jackie truly did have a wonderful look!

[@brandywineblogger1411]

@@CulturedElegance Congratulations! I just got confused when I heard your voice speaking as Oleg.

[@HaggisIsGross]

I always thought that the stiffness and structure of her Oleg Cassini era garments were like armor. Not so much feminine as protective, although she was very feminine and soft looking herself.

[@jeanpalumbo3411]

Simple and unique❤

[@marge-bg4zn]

Love this music! ❤

[@saukumyuen8786]

CLASS ! CHIC !

[@jorgkukla8097]

The pink suit with navy blue details and collar the first lady wore was a Chanel suit. There is a roumor saying that Cassini copied Givenchy-garments; in fact, if you researched fr the style of Balenciaga and Givenchy (being always very similar), you would find some concepts of them, f.e. a lean dress with moderately wide skirt an a short, wider Jacket or top above. Last, but not least, there were quite well-known couturiers in the US, at least well known in both Americas: Mainbocher or Charles James, among others.

[@stuartlee6622]

It wasn't. It was a copy done by a 7th Avenue designer of suits for women!!

[@jeanpalumbo3411]

Everybody in the Garment District wanted a copy her look.

[@windwatcher8054]

A class act for sure. And look where we are now. Most people dress like they are going to a pig fest. She would be shocked.

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Great video 😊

[@andreaschalipp1993]

Wunderschöne Kleidung

[@queen-estherobasi4086]

What happened to the full video? It seems to have been taken down

[@updownstate]

Half of looking this good is looking like you always look this good.

[@syedakhundkar7029]

What?

[@updownstate]

@@syedakhundkar7029 Going just by First Ladies: Look at photos of Nancy Reagan. She's clearly not comfortable in her clothing, most of it doesn't fit, and it can't be put down to designer, as she had several. Reagan was out of her depth. That's the best I can explain it.

[@sakurafujifuji1713]

Thanks thanks thanks for bringns this 🌠in thos Day.the lord blesnes to her were shi is💐💐💐💐💐💐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@normanduke8855]

All of her hats were custom made for her by Halston.

[@christikapa3856]

They matched her outfits to a T.

[@VidaTorre]

Jackie Kennedy was wonderful lady end everything she's workings excellent in white house all American people love this lady well all family Kennedy until today all aprecian good history end Ejemplo for all ladies fallowing your history God bless have the control for this family

[@patriciasmith7074]

There is no doubt that Jackie Kennedy was beautiful and she chose elegant clothes! I got married in 1965 and my mother was wearing a size 8 dress and we found a beautiful Jackie Kennedy style dress in Hot Pink for my mother to wear to my wedding, she looked beautiful and she was a very young mother of the bride but we were both young then. My mom was of French ancestry and my mother had the same shaped face as Jackie and the same brown hair. The whole world fell in love with Jackie Kennedy.

[@ileanafigueroa8685]

An incredible and beautiful lady. Sad there are no pictures with children.

[@justsayin8893]

having lived in the bahamas i am shocked Oleg found any supplies 🤣

[@liannebedard5521]

I married a young Annapolis grad in 1962. We were penniless, and soon had two infants. When his promotions allowed us a reasonable income, I made one important purchase…a lightweight wool dressy coat with 3/4 length sleeves…and a pair of elbow length white leather gloves,. I was no Jackie Kennedy, but I carried myself as if I were. She was the best style role model of that model era …and any respectable retailer had something that a young wife could afford. She moved me from small town dreamer to poised wife of a future admiral…oh, didn’t we hope…in less than a year.

[@marge-bg4zn]

Did he design the dress she wore to the funeral? I know the royal family keeps mourning clothes with them when traveling in case someone dies (I guess they still do) I assume she also had that on hand for such occasions?

[@janedoe5229]

I picked up a copy of Oleg Cassini's autobiography at a used bookstore. When he was a young man, and fortune-teller at the fair said that he would not marry the woman he was engaged to but the engagement would be broken off, he would be forced to travel across the ocean, and he would marry two famous women, but he fame would outshine theirs. He laughed it off, but then that is exactly what happened. And it is very tragic that his first daughter was exposed to German Measles in the womb, and she had to be institutionalized her whole life.

[@K98876]

Aaah Camelot, those were the days

[@lorrainemarez9965]

Jackie had class in her fashion style! 👍

[@shadrach6299]

I love the short jackets she wore but not the ones with huge buttons.

[@galacruse2318]

He was SO smart to tell her no!!

[@barbc7211]

Incredible woman

[@RobertDixon-sw3dz]

She preceeded Diana and she must have delivered inspiration because of the many parallels.

[@massiahgrom]

Oleg wanted to marry Grace Kelly .

[@beatrizfernandez8210]

Nunca ha habido, ni habrá una primera dama estadounidense como Jacqueline Kennedy.

[@PaigeCrawf]

Jackie was classy but Melania is beautiful and classy😊

[@Daisypetal100]

Elegant First Lady. Who paid for her wardrobe?