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**The Life of... // Jackie Kennedy-Onassis //**

(1929-1994)

//"I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady." -Jackie Kennedy//

Former First Lady Jack ie Kennedy-Onassis was one of the biggest fashion icons in history. With an air of ladylike custom and youthful grace, Jackie Kennedy- Onassis's style still draws the inspiration of women. Her marriage with former President John F. Kennedy was the first time we had seen a style so graceful, it took the country by storm and influenced women’s style for good.

“The Jackie” was her signature look because it was her. The Jackie look was about class. She made no mistakes; her designers served her and not vice versa. She understood naturally what suited her and it changed very little over her life; and so, like Audrey Hepburn, she remained a sartorial icon. Her look was low-key, tailored, classic and boldly coloured rather than patterned, with the addition of that pillbox hat, those headscarves and owl's-eye sunglasses. She understood what most women forget; allure depends on mystery, privacy and understatement. The restoration of the White House was Jacqueline Kennedy's first major project. She was dismayed during her pre-inauguration tour of the White House to find little of historic significance in the house. The rooms were furnished with undistinguished pieces that she felt lacked a sense of history. She began her first day in the home, she wanted to make the family quarters attractive and suitable for family life. She created the interior of the White House. Rooms such as The Blue Room and The Red Room were created by Jackie and still remain in the White House today.

Jackie Kennedy-Onassis, who had enjoyed well-built health nearly all her life, began being treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in early January 1994 and had been undergoing chemotherapy and other treatments in recent months while continuing her work as a book editor. But the disease, which attacks the lymph nodes, an important component of the body's immune system, grew progressively worse. Mrs. Onassis entered the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center for the last time after her doctors said there was no more they could do. Jackie Kennedy-Onassis passed away on May 19 1994.

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