Jackie's Cabochon Garnet and Diamond Flower Brooch, 19th Century

Composed of a large flower with petals of elongated cabochon garnet decorated in the center with a spray of old-mine diamonds, boarded by pear-shaped cabochon parent buds and leaves of old-mine and rose-cut diamonds, mounted in gold, the garnets in closed-back mountings. With fitted box stamped A la Vielle Russie, 781 Fifth Avenue, New York.

Source: Sotheby's 

Notes: Sold at the Sotheby's 1996 Onassis Auction.

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Jackie's Cabochon Ruby and Diamond Pendant Earclips

The tops designed as large leaves set with round diamond weighing approximately 14.00 carats, supporting pendants of pear-shaped cabochon rubies weighing approximately 76.00 carats within round diamond frames, mounted in eighteen-carat gold. Signed Van Cleef & Arpels and made in France, pendants detachable.

Source: Sotheby's 

Notes: The earclips were a wedding gift from Aristotle Onassis in 1968 and sold for $360,000 at the Sotheby's 1996 Onassis Auction.

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Research by Steven L. Brawley

Jackie's Hat Designers

• Balenciaga
• Jean Barthet
• Bergdorf Goodman
• Breton
• Oleg Cassini
• Givenchy
• Gris
• Halston
• Jantzen (swimming caps)
• Myconos Maroulina's Little Shop (sun hats)
• Manuel Partegez
• Lilly Pulitzer
• Helena Rubinstein
• Jean Louis Scherrer
• Gustave Tassell

Notes: Jackie's hat size was 7½. According to a letter from Mrs. Kennedy's social secretary, Letitia Baldrige, to hatmaker Jean Barthet dated July 14, 1961, Mrs. Kennedy headsize was 23 ½ inches, which translates to this hat size (JFK Library).

Although Jackie popularized pillbox hats during the Kennedy administration (she wore pillbox hats on Inauguration Day, Nov. 22, and many times in between) neither she nor Halston invented them. In fact, the pillbox hat concept goes back to the middle ages. A pillbox hat is round with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim.

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Research by Steven L. Brawley

Jackie's Hairstylists

• Alexandre de Paris, France
• Elizabeth Arden, Washington, DC
• Kenneth Battelle, New York City (designed extra large lucite rollers for her hair)
• Pascal Cantona, Per Salon, Washington DC
• Edgar Montalvo, Thomas Morrissey Salon, New York City
• Helena Rubinstein (Lawrence), New York City

Notes: Research indicates a possible link between hair dye and Non-Hodgins Lymphoma, which Jackie died from in 1994.