Style Icon Chronicles: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's Secrets of Minimalism and Style
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- Dive into the Timeless Elegance of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy!
Join us for an in-depth exploration of the American style icon's life, fashion, and minimalist secrets. In this episode, we chat with Sunita Kumar Nair, author of the latest book on Carolyn, and French model Mathilda Galmot, offering unique perspectives on her global style influence. Unveil the minimalist chic that continues to inspire generations!
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I don't think her style was the decisive factor at all, but her charisma and attitude. She radiated a natural elegance and composure.
Very true 👍
Absolutely. Her lovely, slim figure and her gorgeous face and golden hair is what made her stand out. Her clothes were well-fitting and high quality for sure, yet it's her beautiful face and long, luxurious hair that caught everyone's eyes, with all the neutral clothes fading into the background, which may have been her goal, come to think of it!
I used to be told weekly I looked like her. What a compliment! Love her style and so sad they all passed so young 😢
It helped that she was almost 6 ft tall, had no body fat and extremely long legs, and flawless skin. Dont forget that!
Her fashion sense is iconic but I really think there's something in her face that gives her such grace
Carolyn's look was clean and minimalistic yet carefully thought and put together. Her color palette was comprised of no more than three or four colors, her make up was minimal, and she rarely wore any accesories, but every single detail was taken care of. All her clothes fitted perfectly; the trousers always cut to the right lenght; the hemlines exactly where they were supposed to be, never too short, never too long. She would only choose fabrics that did not wrinkle and her white shirts were pristine. Her hair was simple but always looked silky and shiny. She only used one shade of red lipstick but it was the right red for her. And most importantly, she knew what looked good on her. She was impeccable head to toe, as opposed to some other 'celebrities' who want to become fashions icons and wear super expensive clothes, but the style and size are always wrong, choose fabrics that wrinkle, and the tailoring is somehow awful.
Yes! Perfectly put. This is what I see in her style and thank you for putting into words.
ParisianVibe I love your videos but I would cross reference what Sunita Kumar Nair said @ 2:20 about Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy having a small wardrobe. According to her ex boyfriend Michael Bergin, "Friday I was at Carolyn's place. It was a nice building a door man building. But the apartment was unbelievable small, even for New York standards. As you entered there was a microscopic kitchen to the right, a bathroom the left. And the rest of the place maybe 10 or 12 square feet was home. There was box spring mattress pressed up against one wall and a closet just beyond that didn't even begin to hold her clothes, there were clothes everywhere, skirts, shoes, dresses, sweaters, mountains of clothes." To me this makes more sense a "minimal looking" wardrobe does not mean that she had only 34 pieces. For example she wore a lot of black tops but it would be in every classic style from long sleeve, short sleeve, sleeveless and in different fabrics from cashmere, wool, and cotton. Her clothes were refined and minimal to the eye but it doesn't necessarily mean she had less items of clothing. I referenced this TH-cam this video link which goes in more in-depth with her style and the quote from Micheal Bergen: th-cam.com/video/1BwP0BjMdxM/w-d-xo.html
Also I don't think the expression, "sexy indifference" defines Carolyn style. In my opinion her style was not indifferent but the opposite it was extremely thought out and cerebral. Her clothing was so minimal, refined and pared back that it took a lot of thought and effort to achieve it. Most minimal fashions/designs usually have very complex constructions behind them.
I also think she had more than 30-40 pieces. In my opinion her style was feminine minimalism, that’s why it is much more interesting that just minimalism, and definitely not “sexy indifference”.
She, herself, had a "sexy indifference" quality about her, but not her clothing. I agree, I think she had a lot of clothing that all looked very similar. I completely get it. Mostly black.. Honestly, I think it's her striking, understated, refined (almost aristocratic) beauty combined with her also understated and refined wardrobe is what made her stand out. She just doesn't look like every other woman out there, and she had an air about her for sure. She had a combination of an heiress look and a model in one.
@@wendigo1919 exactly -- she is the one who glowed. Her neutral wardrobe faded into the background.
thanks for commenting this
Wish you showed us her wedding dress! Her designer Narciso Rodriguez became an instant sensation afterwards. Her white silk crepe wedding dress complete with a silk tulle opera gloves and veil. She exuded simplicity even in her wedding dress. She didn't shy away from her minimalist style even on her wedding day.
Wedding dress deserves a whole episode on its own🤩. In this episode we focused on AW capsule wardrobe.
Great comment, i will never forget the dress
its not in the book as well maybe thats why
@@clearsky4003 i loved it too. It became my favorite wedding dress of all time. I loved the elegance and the simplicity.
And she wore no panties under the dress.
She was. Her style was clean, simple, sophisticated and elegant ❤
She had the right figure and height to bring out the uniqueness of the clothes she wore. The same clothes on curvy, petite women certainly would not enhance their looks.
“One size / model / clothes / style fits all” does not exist😉.
Agree
I didn’t appreciate her before because she wore a lot of black (which I am guilty of as well - for many years - so I thought her style was a bit boring) but I took a closer look and I’ve changed my mind. her style still resonates with a lot of fashion influencers up to now and that makes her an icon. She had an air of mystery about her and I’ve read that she’s also super smart. See the woman, not the clothes - and don’t try too hard - that’s what I’ve learned from her minimalist style.
It is so powerful the realization of and confidence in yourself which makes you rethink your own universe and meaning of things. Looking into Carolyn and her world definitely had that impact on us😌😍
You didn't appreciate her just because she wore a lot of black ? Ok.....🙄
@@utillisateurs yes - because I wore a lot of black too and I thought back then that a minimal color palette was boring 😁
you have to know her background. she was a pr girl at calvin klein then. i loved her when i was little. but if you look at ck then, you will understand her vibe.
And still inspiring today …
Sunita did an amazing research and spoke and included so many people and references all with an original point of view. We definitely recommend for anyone who is inspired to look and understand better Carolyn ❤️
I have always appreciated her style. I was in my 30’s when she and JFK married. It’s very difficult to find clothing similar to what she wore Her clothes had a Goldilocks effect, not too. During this time clothing was much easier to find and people weren’t over styled. Now everything is too something. So many years later she is style my style icon.
The quality even in expensive brands declined also 😢 I hear people talk about basics nowadays and it doesn’t hold a candle to 90s basics which were so well made and made to last either in the US or Europe.
💯. That's also something I noticed. As a kid in the late 90s, the basics were just fantastic. It was alot easier to find the clothes for the looks and the shoes.
@@ritaamor283yes! I want to splurge on classic shoes and basics but I've heard the clothes are made of horrible materials that do not last.
Look in vintage shops! Lot's of classic styles can still be found. I found a long suede coat, late 60's maybe, in a deep raisin color, with big lapels for only 60 bucks. It looked brand new. I get so many compliments on it and it fits as though it's custom. Keep looking!
her skin is flawless, her hair is gorgeous, her teeth are amazing and piercing blue eyes, statuesque height. The woman could wear anything and make it look elegant, classy and chic
I have always been fascinated by her and her style, unfortunately not too many pictures or videos of her. What I like the most about her fashion is her wedding dress, it was quite a risky move to chose that silk minimalist white dress, but it suited her so perfectly !
Definitely. Amazing to look back at it and realize she was dressing like that already back then considering « our » wedding dresses caught up only about now to that style…
here is a link with more of her fashions: th-cam.com/video/1BwP0BjMdxM/w-d-xo.html
@@barrybodiongan6684 thank you ❤️
Thanks for this video🤍 Carolyn is simply the best minimalist and elegant icon.
I alway found her beautiful and effortlessly stylish…
Beautiful video. Minimalism is the epitome of elegance. CBK will forever be a timeless style icon, her smile unforgettable. Great refreshing content. Merci beaucoup, PV 🙏🏻🤍
Effortfully effortless.
Loved the story telling in this video! I’ll never be a minimalist, it’s just not who I am, but I take a lot of inspiration from someone like Carolyn Bassett Kennedy. She reminds me that less is more, and that there is no need to try and prove myself to anyone.
👏 wonderful video. She was and will always be CLASS ❤
Princess Diana radiated true beauty and perpetual style.
I love her style, such a beautiful video. Thank you for this 🤍
Love love looooove the video!!
Amazing editing style👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
And the content is so interesting and refreshing 😍...
Tysm PV for this new perspective on Carolyn, a truly fashion ICON!
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Thank you sooo much. Means a lot!!!❤
Thank you sooo much. Means a lot!!!❤
Love the video!! Editing is amazing😍😍
I always say that you can be standing next to a member of the Kennedy family in Target or something...and have NO IDEA. That's the difference between old money and new money: wealth is quiet.
"If you don't have it, you can't show it.
If you have it, you can't hide it."
- Common wisdom
Forever an inspiration xo
Loved this video
Amazing I loved this thank you ❤
Great video!!! Thank you!!!
I was somewhat surprised when you mentioned Pam's Vivienne Westwood look talking about CBK style. but it illustrated the point so good.
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She was a beautiful woman who found her style
She just has classic looks with the personality. She’s size 4 and tall, anything looks good. Would be interesting to use AI and see what she would look like now.
How do you know her size?
@@talitam.8414 I read in in W magazine
And her look does not seem dated. Even 20 years later.
I think it was also her wedding dress. Classic and beautiful simplicity….but also not easy for anyone to wear.
My favoutite look of hers was always the one with the black knit sweater, camel skirt, brown boots and Prada bag. Such a great look.
I also found it interesting that she never wore above the knee skirts or dresses.
CBK was so chic 🤍
❤Carolyn not Caroline
As Tom Ford said of the late fashion icon: “She chooses simple, severe looks that not everyone would wear. She knows how to set off her beauty with clothes. That’s a rare gift.”
Such a good video!!
😍😍😍😍😍
I can't get enough of CBK style!
Lovely topic🙂
Glad you like it😌
What happened to all her outfits and are they in any museums?
Loved the video, been a suporter of the channel for ever, but please dich the music in the background. It's terrible!
She worked for Klein. CK embodied minimalism. We he grow up in the 90s embodied the blacks, whites, creams, browns, neutrals. I know I did too, so.
Classe da vendere!!!
Well she analyzed her mother in law’s style very well that’s for sure.
What she was wearing has been worn in the 60s, she was just an updated version. The current generation just hasn't experienced it before. My 87 yo mother had clothes just like that.
Can we get the list of items used to recreate these looks please
She was simply a stunner - the one you couldn’t take your eyes off. And isn’t that who you’d guess would hold her own with JFK Jr.?
this made me purchase a pair of oval sunglasses and a plastic headband 🤣
The first photo sessions with the models as "John & Carolyn" clothing have huge brand logos that say "Sports and Rich Club" yet the book states do the exact opposite of branding, ego & showing off wealth, confusing 😕
Please refer to the context of the conversation. There is a reason they are mentioned when discussing the point made in the book😉
She was also very skinny and wore a lot of black, so both will make you mysterious and elegant.
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The secret to her style was that she was attractive. It's really that simple.
An obese slob can wear jeans and a white t-shirt and they're still a slob. An attractive person can wear the same jeans and white t-shirt and they're suddenly "chic" and "effortless" 😂
Working in the fashion industry she knew this very well. She was fairly attractive, fit, had great hair. She knew that if you possessed those traits everything looks good on you. She knew a minimal, but polished wardrobe was all she needed.
It waa her essence , her soul. That was the magic
Good hair is vital.
BINGO
@@tina8796 Another thing that's mentioned in this video (but was downplayed) is that her minimalistic style was a trend of the 90's, which is true.
Style, fragrance, hair, vehicles, all kinds of accessories in general were toned down to a "minimalist aesthetic" in contrast to the big, loud, bright, boisterous 80's aesthetic.
@@luxuryaesthetic8821 the 80's. YIKES. Big hair, shoulder pads, etc. Over the top and tacky. Joan Collins still dresses like she just walked out of 1985. Yes, I love the black / white minimalist look in clothes, furniture, cars, etc. Less really is more. Carolyn really was so elegant with her simplicity.
She wore alot of black and beige because it matched her blonde hair and roots. It complemented her natural look.
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I read that she had an entire room of clothes and accessories. This documentary says otherwise
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At the beginning of the video you talk about not having logos and then later in one of your outfits you show someone wearing an Hermes logo belt and an extreme recognisable Celine bag. So don't get your point.
One very important aspect of her style is missing in this analysis.. perhaps it is in the book?
But that one very important - unmissable, if you ask me - fashion accessory that Carolyn had on her at all times was very clearly a friggin Kennedy! Nobody is going to mention this?
Without the Kennedy draped nonchalantly on her arm, none of her "minimalism" would've ever been noticed. It is the opulence of a Kennedy that allows her to dress so minimally. And what made it stand out so very much. Not her style by its own means. Carolyn without a Kennedy would've just been a girl in a white shirt.
Fact.
Then you don't know carolyn
@@waynescotlukas2976 not trying to be shady, but... here comes the inevitable retort: you do? :)
@@waynescotlukas2976 P.S. I am not discrediting her as a character, she definitely is a fascinating person, and she worked incredibly hard to climb the ladder. Seeing where she comes from and how she climbed that ladder, and how hard she worked to get what she wanted it only made sense that she would land herself a Kennedy. I am not disputing any of that. I am simply saying, if she wasn't that type of woman, the type that would only settle for a big fish like Kennedy (THE ULTIMATE catch back then), nobody would care that she wore a white shirt. There is nothing iconic per se about the white shirt, it is the fact that she caught the big fish that makes people take notice. If you know anything about society and fashion, this should be very clear. Status.
@barbettecaravaggio7675 you don't really get the nuance do you. She was with Michael Bergin and others for years. John pursued her not the other way around. She was always much cooler in her white shirt than many even before John. She slid up the ladder ... not struggled and climbed it all was amazing as the pieces fell into place. There was something about her that " thing" that not everyone has that really made the white shirt sing... way before John had anything to do with her
@@waynescotlukas2976 I've read fascinating accounts of her saying that she was coming for John way before she even moved to NYC. These things work in symbiosis. Things don't "just happen". This sort of magical thinking is very enchanting, I get it... the people want to think it's a storybook romance :) but things often are more complicated. I will definitely agree with you that she had something. She knew how to create an aura around her, and how to style and behave. To me, that is a form of magic, a self imposed glamour that is only allotted to those blessed with the know-how and intelligence to implement. Like I said, no discredit to the woman at all.. Basically we are more in accordance than not. But no Carolyn was not some ethereal mythical creature. She was calculating, smart, and highly manipulative - none of these things are necessarily negative, in my book, anyway :) - from all i have read about her, is that she was kind and generous. That is how you do it. She was definitely a woman to remember. And yet again. Without JFK, the "magical white shirt", means absolutely nothing.
This is what Heily Biber could have been if she didn't marry Justin
You definitely have a point👌
not even close by a mm. she isn;t even 5ft 6 in height. she has had numerous procedures and surgeries to rid herself of the Baldwin dad gene.
Po co ich usuneli. Bez sensu.
Why should you try to imitate the style of someone who had millions of dollars to spend on Prada, CK etc? This is just marketing tricks making us live the life we can’t afford!
Is this new to the French?! Give me a break! Americans like myself much rather forget this whole sad story about John already! Move on....
Not all stories have a happy ending. If you watched the episode, you would see that we interviewed the journalist to discuss the first book dedicated to the style icon CBK, commemorating her memory.
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