America's
Queen: A Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
by Sarah Bradford
(Hardcover)
As
We Remember Her: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the Words of Her Family
and Friends
by Carl Sferrazza Anthony
(Hardcover - May 1997)
The
Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
by Caroline Kennedy (Editor)
(Hardcover - October 2001)
Jacqueline
Kennedy : The White House Years: Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library
and Museum
by Hamish Bowles (Editor), Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Did the clothes make Jackie, or did Jackie make the clothes? Decide
for yourself: Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years is a stunning
catalog of some of Jacqueline Kennedy's most important dresses as worn
during her years as first lady of the United States. As visually sleek
and elegant as Mrs. Kennedy herself, the book offers a beautiful analysis
of the stunning, simple outfits that typified the Jackie style and brought
a breath of sleek modernity to the White House after the somewhat frumpy
fussiness of previous first lady Bess Truman. Released to coincide with
the 40th anniversary of Kennedy's "emergence" as a style icon, the book
presents an eclectic selection of suits, evening dresses, daywear, and
accessories from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum collection. Divided
into cities where each item was first worn, the gowns, suits, and dresses
are first presented alone in a full-page color photo. Each is then accompanied
by various photos of Jackie wearing the item and detailed design notes,
history, and anecdotes behind the outfit.
These photos give a wonderful context to the clothes, and it's clear
that Jackie's carriage and persona injected life into these garments--which
sometimes appear markedly different from what one might deduce as each
item's "personality" when simply viewing it alone. For example, a pale
cream embroidered silk Givenchy evening gown looks dull and somewhat dowdy
when seen alone, but the accompanying photograph of Jackie wearing it while
cuddling a newborn John Kennedy Jr. transforms the dress into something
feminine and timeless. Or a very simple, innocently pretty pink shantung
evening gown by Guy Douvier becomes arrestingly sexy when she wears it
with nothing but white gloves and a Palm Beach tan. Contextualizing and
interpreting Kennedy's style is an important part of this book. Featured
are essays on Jackie and her effect on the world of style by Arthur M.
Schlesinger Jr., Kennedy friend Rachel Lambert Mellon, and the book's author
and Vogue editor at large, Hamish Bowles. Jacqueline Kennedy: The White
House Years accompanies an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York City. --Marisa Lencioni, Amazon.co.uk
Hardcover: 206 pages
Bulfinch Press; ISBN: 0821227459; (May 2001)
Jackie
Style
by Pamela Clarke Keogh
Hardcover: 256 pages
HarperCollins; ISBN: 0060199520; 1 Ed edition (April
24, 2001)
Jackie:
The Clothes of Camelot
by Jay Mulvaney, Dominick Dunne
Includes a large collection of images of some 200 of Jackie's outfits,
many rare or previously unpublished.
Hardcover: 194 pages
St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 0312281978; (May 2001)
Jackie:
Behind the Myth (2000)
VHS
Jackie O. never wrote an autobiography. "Life comes first," she said.
This two-hour documentary tries to find the Jackie behind the headlines
and deftly uses the press coverage she came to scorn to create a full-bodied
profile. Jackie seems to be guiding the video through excerpts from her
journal, which a narrator gives voice to. The film footage is focused on
her--her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy, being interviewed in French,
leading a television tour of the White House, riding an elephant while
visiting Nehru, or later in life campaigning to save Grand Central Station.
The production also covers familiar turf--the Kennedy and King assassinations,
her marriage to Onassis--but it is fascinating to hear the words she wrote
about these events and the interviews from big names who knew her then.
Personal historical documents provide poignance, such as a poem she wrote
for JFK on their first anniversary. "The trouble with me, I'm an outsider,
and that's a very hard thing to be in American life," she wrote. This video
is a rare, intelligent glimpse of one of the most famous and private women
of our time. --Valerie J. Nelson - Amazon.com
Mrs.
Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years
by Barbara Leaming
(Hardcover - October 2001)
Jackie:
Beyond the Myth of Camelot
by K. L. Kelleher
Paperback: 216 pages
Xlibris Corporation; ISBN: 0738831174; (July 1, 2001)
Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis
by Jan Pottker
(Hardcover - October 2001)
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Books
Woman
Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
by David C. Heymann, C. David Heymann
(Hardcover - May 1989)
In the Russian Style
by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Editor)
Listed under Russian History
Designing
Camelot : The Kennedy White House Restoration
by James A. Abbott, et al
(Hardcover - October 1997)
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Paper Dolls
Listed under Paper Dolls
Young
Jackie: Photographs of Jackie Bouvier
by Bert Morgan (Photographer), Olivia Harrison (Introduction)
(Hardcover - August 2002)
Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting an Icon
by Wayne Koestenbaum
(Hardcover - May 1995)
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Books
Cooking for Madam : Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis
by Marta Sgubin, et al
(Hardcover - October 1998)
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