| Jackie Kennedy, First Lady of luxury. |
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| Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:16 |
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, better known as Jackie Kennedy, was one of the women most persecuted by the press throughout history. Their marriages and their love of luxury and fashion made her cover of numerous publications.Although today things have changed, and much, fortunately, the life of Jacqueline Kennedy was famous after that her husband, John F. Kennedy, was elected President of the United States in 1961, eight years after their wedding. However, misfortune came in 1963 with the assassination of John and began the legend of the curse of the Kennedys, but that's another story.  During her time as First Lady, Jackie was a fashion reference still stands today. Perhaps we could attribute their good taste for to have grown up in a family of New York high society. Are well remembered their maxi-glasses, pearl necklace as an indispensable complement, the cut of the clothes "type Jackie" and well-played together with the rest. Impeccable would be the most appropriate adjective to describe her dress.Jackie Kennedy went to numerous cultural calls along the mandate of her husband, both great lovers of art and music, and it helped her to create her own style. But apart from the clothes, Jackie Kennedy felt an immediate attraction for accesories, especially for jewelry during her second marriage to the billionaire Aristotle Onassis.  The wedding of Jacqueline and Onassis in 1968 was involved in the scandal. Aristotle had abandoned the great opera singer Maria Callas to marry the widow of U.S. president. Even it is said that this wedding was very little to do with love: Aristotle was looking for more contacts for his business and Jackie wanted to keep her children and herself from the curse of the Kennedys. The gossips say that Jacqueline was very, very falling in love of ... money.During her second marriage, Jackie acquired a reputation for extravagant, wasteful and capricious. If before she was known for its elegance when they dress, now she would be more recognizable as a dummy expensive things. And that was based on his second marriage, concluding with a divorce that was paralyzed by the death of Onassis in 1975.  Interestingly, his last years were spent with a diamond dealer, Maurice Tempelsman. Jacqueline died of cancer in 1994 and was buried beside her first husband.Jackie and her jewels Her favorite pieces were the necklaces and bracelets from Van Cleef & Arpels, firm that create the ring that Onassis gave her when they married, a stunning solitaire ring with a 40.42-carat diamond auctioned at Sothebys in 1996 and acquired by 2,6 million dollars. The wedding of Jackie and Onassis was not cheap, the Greek spent about five million dollars in jewelry for the bride Onassis was always very generous to the whims of his wife. Famous was the story of the flowers he sent to Jacqueline with a fabulous Harry Winston bracelet on these. Another gem of her collection was a 47-carat Kunzite that bought her first husband John F. Kennedy, but he couldn't give her.  The vast majority of jewels of Jacqueline Kennedy were auctioned after her death, and almost always received a higher price than estimated, more by myth than by its own value. Descripction of the photos Photo 1: Jackie Kennedy. Photo 2: diamond of 40.42 carats. Onassis gave her this ring for the wedding. Auctioned at Sotheby's and sold for $ 2.6 million. Photo 3: Jacqueline pieces for auction. In the center, impressive necklace from Harry Winston  .Photo 4: Playing a necklace donated by Jackie Onassis. The stones (cabochons of emeralds and rubies) are from the original first collar. Photo 5: Ring with wonderful kunzite. It would be a gift from her first husband, John F. Kennedy, on Christmas. He was killed and it wasn't possible. |
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