JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS
(Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis | Jackie Kennedy | Jacqueline Kennedy)
She was the first person in politics who realized that with TV, the visual image of the background for the President would be a critical factor. However, it would not be until the Ronald Regan Presidency until the process became a critical political craft if not an art form.
She had used a number of different designers for her wardrobe until she was criticized for having no consistent theme and look. It was decided that she should select one as her fashion consultant and she choose Cassini and had to tell the others that they were no longer needed. See {592752} for a John Adams related quote.
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were patricians who were so wealthy that the paid little attention to stylish furnishings in the White House or their own mansion. Truman was a plain man who was not interested in furniture and the decoration of the White House nor was his wife. The Eisenhowers who followed were military families who were also not very interested in furnishing and style. Over almost 30 years the White House decorations and furniture were quite threadbare and certainly not stylish to the surprise of many. Ms. Kennedy did a makeover of the White House.
Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis was an American socialite, writer, and photographer who became First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. Her popularity as First Lady was due to her devotion to historical preservation of the White House, her fashion sense, and her devotion to her children, which endeared her to the American public. During her lifetime, Jackie was regarded as an international fashion icon. Her ensemble of a pink Chanel suit and matching pillbox hat that she wore in Dallas, Texas, when the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963, has become a symbol of her husband's death.
