Carolyn

Exclusive | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s designer pal, who created JFK Jr.’s wedding suit, said ‘Love Story’ actors no match for his friends

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Exclusive | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s designer pal, who created JFK Jr.’s wedding suit, said ‘Love Story’ actors no match for his friends

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s bestie trashed “Love Story,” claiming the actors who played his pal and her husband, John F. Kennedy Jr., were no match for the couple’s stunning good looks. “When you look at Carolyn in real life, she’s incredibly beautiful. She looked very different in the series. It’s weird,” fashion designer Gordon Henderson told … Read more

Exclusive | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s pal and colorist has brutal take on ‘Love Story’: ‘Too dark’

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Exclusive | Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s pal and colorist has brutal take on ‘Love Story’: ‘Too dark’

They missed a golden opportunity. Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s hair colorist — who dyed her hair in the ’90s — said the series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” did not do his iconic shade justice. “It wasn’t the right blonde. It was too dark,” Brad Johns told The Post. Then when she got … Read more

Exclusive | College classmate of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy found it difficult to watch ‘Love Story’: ‘There is nobody like her’

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Exclusive | College classmate of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy found it difficult to watch ‘Love Story’: ‘There is nobody like her’

No actress could fill her Calvin Klein loafers. A Boston University classmate of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy told The Post she did not appreciate seeing another woman attempt to play her on screen. “The first episode, I just thought, ‘Oh my God, this girl is nothing like her,’” Jenny Syquia said of Sarah Pidgeon’s portrayal in … Read more

Exclusive | ‘Love Story’ fashion consultant reveals the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy outfit she rejected

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Exclusive | ‘Love Story’ fashion consultant reveals the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy outfit she rejected

She was peeved over these PJs. The fashion consultant on “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” lost sleep over the original pajamas the character of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy wore in the miniseries — a silk nightgown and robe. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, no way, she wouldn’t do that.’ I knew … Read more

Exclusive | Owner of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s favorite NYC vintage shop shares secrets of fashion icon’s timeless style

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Exclusive | Owner of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s favorite NYC vintage shop shares secrets of fashion icon’s timeless style

Her fashion sense will never go out of style — especially at this Manhattan store. A SoHo vintage shop went viral this week for revealing that Carolyn Bessette Kennedy shopped there in the ’90s — and it was the fashion icon’s go-to for her signature Levi’s jeans. What Goes Around Comes Around’s West Broadway location … Read more

Exclusive | Owner of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s favorite NYC vintage shop shares secrets of fashion icon’s timeless style

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Exclusive | Owner of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s favorite NYC vintage shop shares secrets of fashion icon’s timeless style

Her fashion sense will never go out of style — especially at this Manhattan store. A SoHo vintage shop went viral this week for revealing that Carolyn Bessette Kennedy shopped there in the ’90s — and it was the fashion icon’s go-to for her signature Levi’s jeans. What Goes Around Comes Around’s West Broadway location … Read more

Exclusive | How ‘Love Story’ recreated JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s ‘really intimate’ wedding — with 1 major addition

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Exclusive | How ‘Love Story’ recreated JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s ‘really intimate’ wedding — with 1 major addition

Wedding bells are ringing.  The hit FX series “Love Story,” dramatizing John F. Kennedy Jr’s (Paul Anthony Kelly) relationship with Carolyn Bessette (Sarah Pidgeon), finally saw the couple make it to the altar in Thursday’s episode, “The Wedding.”  “We built the church. It is exactly that perfect replica,” director Gillian Robespierre exclusively told The Post.  … Read more

Exclusive | Platinum blond, $36 headbands — and the return of the flat cap: How JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s ‘Love Story’ inspired a fashion renaissance and booming business for NYC

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Exclusive | Platinum blond, headbands — and the return of the flat cap: How JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s ‘Love Story’ inspired a fashion renaissance and booming business for NYC

“Love Story,” Ryan Murphy’s new FX and Hulu limited series chronicling the turbulent romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, has sparked a full-blown renaissance of the leading lady’s minimalistic, chic style. The former Calvin Klein publicist-turned-reluctant style icon (who died at 33, along with her husband and sister, in a tragic … Read more

What it was really like working at Calvin Klein in the ’90s — just like Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in ‘Love Story’

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What it was really like working at Calvin Klein in the ’90s — just like Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in ‘Love Story’

The devil wore Calvins? “Love Story” — the Ryan Murphy series about Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s whirlwind New York City romance — is #1 on Hulu, and enamored fans are taking to social media to post photos of themselves in her signature looks and going to the campy Panna II Indian restaurant in the East Village. … Read more

Meghan Markle compared to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by a Real Housewife of New York alum

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Meghan Markle compared to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by a Real Housewife of New York alum

Several royal experts believe Meghan Markle could learn powerful lessons from Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s brief life.  “As we’ve seen with Meghan and Harry, there was quite a lot about Carolyn that was a bit ‘Meghanish,’” former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown said in CNN’s new docuseries “America’s Prince”.   Brown compared the two women — one … Read more

‘American Love Story’ star Sarah Pidgeon reacts to backlash of her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

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‘American Love Story’ star Sarah Pidgeon reacts to backlash of her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Sarah Pidgeon isn’t letting criticism taint her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. The actress, 29, is set to play the late fashion publicist in Ryan Murphy’s series “American Love Story.” The show will follow the relationship between Carolyn and John F. Kennedy Jr. Last month, the creator, 59, shared pictures to Instagram of Pidgeon as Carolyn and Paul Kelly … Read more

Exclusive | Fashionistas are swarming an NYC pharmacy to snatch Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s coveted, iconic headband

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Exclusive | Fashionistas are swarming an NYC pharmacy to snatch Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s coveted, iconic headband

She’s still turning heads — and inspiring headbands. Nearly three decades after Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s life was cut short in a devastating plane crash, her chic, minimalist and unfussy style legacy lives on — and Gen Z can’t get enough. A $36, ¾-inch tortoiseshell headband made by French hair accessory brand Charles J. Wahba and famously … Read more

Jack Schlossberg eviscerates ‘grotesque’ Ryan Murphy show ‘American Love Story’ about uncle JFK Jr., Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

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Jack Schlossberg eviscerates ‘grotesque’ Ryan Murphy show ‘American Love Story’ about uncle JFK Jr., Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

Former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg put TV super-producer Ryan Murphy on blast for the “grotesque” new series on ‘90s it-couple John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. The histrionic-prone Kennedy scion expressed his outrage in an Instagram-rant Wednesday — blasting the showrunners of the upcoming “American Love Story” for profiting off family tragedy. … Read more

Ryan Murphy’s JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette first look is a crime — according to critics

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Ryan Murphy’s JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette first look is a crime — according to critics

Ryan Murphy has his work cut out for him. The “American Horror Story” creator, 59, took to Instagram over the weekend to share a first look at the actors portraying John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy in his upcoming “American Love Story” anthology series. “Here are some stills from our LOVE STORY camera test,” … Read more

Princess Diana’s death haunted JFK Jr.’s wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy before couple’s tragic plane crash, book reveals

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Princess Diana’s death haunted JFK Jr.’s wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy before couple’s tragic plane crash, book reveals

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was haunted by Princess Diana’s death a few years before her own death. On Aug. 31, 1997, the Princess of Wales died from injuries she sustained in a car crash. She was 36. That summer, a group of paparazzi camped outside the Hotel Ritz in Paris in hopes of getting shots of Diana … Read more

Tragedy of John and Carolyn: New book reveals surprising truth about doomed Kennedy marriage

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Tragedy of John and Carolyn: New book reveals surprising truth about doomed Kennedy marriage

John F. Kennedy Jr. had a lot on his mind. The 33-year-old law school grad had recently quit his job at the district attorney’s office and was trying to start his own magazine. His mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and his best friend, cousin Anthony Radziwill, were diagnosed with cancer in the same month. And he … Read more

The quippy Carolyn Bessette only her friends knew

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The quippy Carolyn Bessette only her friends knew

When John F. Kennedy Jr. proposed to Carolyn Bessette, his girlfriend of two years, in 1995, the onetime Calvin Klein PR woman wasn’t exactly thrilled about the prospect of a fairytale ending with one of the city’s most eligible bachelors. In fact, Bessette’s friend Paul Rowland recalls her being petrified. “She seemed really jittery, and … Read more