What: Prada, Yohji Yamamoto, Versace
Where: “Newman’s own” George Award, Firefighting and Hockey, Walking in New York
and: Boot jeans, black weekend bag, strappy sandals
A glans strap
Bessette-Kennedy is forever associated with a plastic headband, wearing a thick turtle shell iteration year-round, whether it’s a Miu Miu dress and Prada boots, or with her preferred Levi”. The PR staff is said to have obtained a Charles J. Wahba headband from Greenwich Village Co Bigelowalthough other sources claim she purchased it from the Upper East Side pharmacy Zitomer.
What: Charles J. Wahba
Where: Going out in New York
and: Miu Miu Dress, Prada Coat, Levi’s 517s, a white T-shirt, knee high boots
Oval sunglasses
Bessette-Kennedy prefers Selima Optique’s oval Aldo shadow and wears almost anything. The brand later named her a pair of Carolyns.
What: Optical Selima
Where: Her honeymoon in Turkey in New York
and: Headscarf, boots, jeans, straps sandals, birch, black winter clothes
Closet staple food
Even Bessette-Kennedy’s closet staples were raised, from the white Yohji Yohji Homme shirt she wore to the 1999 Whitney Museum Gala, to the Black Ralph Lauren turtlenck, who paired the brown Helmut Lang Lang Pants and Black Birkin with the brown Helmut Lang Pants.
What: Levi’s 517 seconds, button-down shirt, loafers, black straps, black turtleneck sweater, black pointed twill strap
Where: Whitney Museum Gala, the benefits of the Robin Hood Foundation, in and around New York
and: Birkin, a ll bean boat and tote bag, oval sunglasses, helmut lang pants, Chanel
All black formal outfit
Bessette-Kennedy prefers an all-black look, especially when it comes to formal clothing. Still, despite her palette being singular, her waistline Yohji skirt ranges to Whitney’s Warhol look/glamor style and charming two-piece off-shoulder numbers for the fashion show.
What: Yohji Yamamoto, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen
Where: White House correspondent’s dinner, White House State dinner, profile in the Courage Award
and: Strap black sandals, black velvet opera gloves, pointed foot pump, red lips, smooth bread
