Jackie Kennedy’s Packing List for Texas, Chic and Poignant

All show and no substance.

Melania Trump is a clotheshorse as Jackie Kennedy was; too bad Donald doesn't emulate Jack.

I didn't read the note. I didn't read this article. My heart stopped at the picture of the two of them together. I had the pleasure and honor of engaging with her during my life in NYC. My sorrow is due to the need to publish this note and write an entire article after the fact. She was, during her time in NYC, a very private, sensitive soul, who was very protective and one thing I miss about our times today is that she may have had style but more importantly she had CLASS. She was intelligent, well read, soft-spoken, kind and considerate of the people around her. We have today, a STAR-celebrity- empty culture, on empty people of little or no meaning. One is sitting in the Oval office feeling so very important in his genius. It is revolting to read daily. She had eloquence and taste in all areas of her selfhood. Privacy was one of these areas and I consider it tasteless to publish this note she wrote. Today there is no taste or privacy. Nothing is sacred anymore. The hungry public has to be fed constantly! This is the lowest of the low. She had grace. Something totally lacking in human intercourse these days. Why can't that be RESPECTED? Every picture tells a story. This picture was extremely painful to look at and remember days to remember--ones that we will never be able to forget and there is a deep longing in such remembrance since those days of "taste and privacy" are never coming back.

Is this article about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis?

To paraphrase a former Democratic VP candidate (Lloyd Bentsen): Melania, you are no Jackie Kennedy!

This article throws a morbid dash of salt on a wound that will never heal...a tragic memory, a day I wish never happened.

Here is an article that full explains the relationship between Chanel and Chez Ninon, their New York knockoff associate. https://nypost.com/2013/11/15/the-secrets-of-jackies-iconic-pink-chanel-...

Jacqueline Kennedy would never have worn a jacket with a crude statement like the one Melania Trump wore on the trip to see the child jails where immigrant children were detained. The Kennedy family were models for us when I was young, as I and one of my brothers were the same age as Caroline and John, and my father was Catholic of Irish heritage involved in politics. My mother always noted what Mrs. Kennedy wore as being stylish and in good taste.

Thank you for this article. If ever there was a time to remember what it felt like to be a proud American. it's now. I would argue that Jackie Kennedy was the best dressed First Lady not only of the 20th century but also as of today. Impossible to imagine her wearing stilettos to a weather crisis or a green hoodie with some inane message scrawled on the back en route to a migrant shelter. Jackie had taste and class.

I did see one of the Jackie Kennedy clothes exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art one year while visiting NYC. Class. Class. Class. Now fast forward to Melania Trump, 2018, going to check on 2,000+ children from foreign lands, taken from their parents by order of her husband, the president, and sorted out like production shipments. The children perhaps (probably) do not even speak English. Melania wears an army type looking jacket with the words “I Don’t Really Care Do You?” We’re talking about First Ladies of the United States. Tell me, what has happened to this country and why do we stand for it?

Jackie’s pink suit is not to be seen by the public until 2103. I wonder what people will think about it at that time. And will it be viewed in an exhibit with other clothes worn by First Ladies? What will the Americans (if there are Americans) in 2103 think as they gaze upon a coat that has, “I really don’t care , do you” written on the back?

That sad and tragic day remains ever present. Along with a memory of Jackie's elegance and grace. Today's deeply polarized politics have roots during JFK's run, when right-wing elements also worked to whip up anti-progressive animus directed at our charismatic young president. That mean-spiritedness has only grown, rendering truly democratic outcomes for unity, mutual respect, and the common good increasingly and painfully unlikely. A sober reflection on this Independence Day week-end.

Really? When WW3 is brewing you choose this to publish?

As a young teenager during the Kennedy years, I was impressed by the charm and sophistication Jackie Kennedy brought to the White House. Her taste in fashion left an indelible mark on the country. It was refreshing. How ironic that the NYTimes still puts her on a pedestal (deservedly so) while it and the mainstream media are being so harshly critical of Melania Trump whose taste in fashion is no less sophisticated and impressive than was Jackie Kennedy's.

Even though I was young when this horrendous assassination occurred 55 years ago and having read numerous books about it as well as Mrs. Kennedy, I never tire nor become immune to what happened on that cruel day in history. Seeing her handwritten notes in the previous and stellar article, (“Jacqueline Kennedy’s Notes for Dallas Are Found, Starting a Quiet Tug of War July 2, 2018”) especially when she wrote “Pink and Navy Chanel suit, Navy shoes, Navy bag, White Kid gloves” as well as the specific kind of jewelry she would wear, really did send chills down my neck and served as a gentle yet firm slap across my face that 1963 doesn’t seem that long ago. Maybe it’s because I grew up with that First Family in the White House. Recalling when baby Patrick was born only to die a few days later. There were so many extremes of emotion in such a short period of time, i.e., happiness, joy, sadness, terror and unbelievable pain. These “notes from the Texas trip might say more about the first lady than the clothes ever could” really does sum it up for me. I think of Caroline and sometimes wonder how she ever managed to keep it all together after the passing of her parents and then “John John”. Thank you NYT for sharing this information and pictures. Sometimes I think this country has forgotten about that era and what happened, especially when November 22 rolls around and not a mention is printed, even in the Times.

Hmmm. I thought everyone knew the pink Dallas "Chanel" suit was a knock-off made in New York. The rich frequently had their tailors make copies when they decided they would not pay full price. https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-father-made-jackies-pink-suit

It's interesting that the pink suit is referred to as Chanel. Up until now, most historians were careful to note that it was a Chez Ninon copy and not an authentic Chanel. Apparently she had been asked to downplay her interest in French fashion and having copies made was one approach she took. Is this change because she referred to it as Chanel in her handwritten notes? I'm not sure that's necessarily an accurate indication.