Blue and green cotton shift dress of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Blue and green cotton shift dress of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy at the Taj Mahal (15 March 1962)
Designer	Joan "Tiger" Morse
Year	1962
Type	Shift dress

Jacqueline Kennedy wore a blue and green cotton shift dress when she visited the Taj Mahal during her 1962 goodwill tour of India. Designed by Joan "Tiger" Morse, the dress was sleeveless and in contrast to her other pastel coloured shiny silks, this dress had a large floral print and was made in brocade. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly (2019). "15 March 1962". Worn on This Day: The Clothes That Made History. Running Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN   978-0-7624-9358-6.
2. Green, Cynthia. "Of Jackie Kennedy's India Spiked Wardrobe" . Retrieved 10 November 2024.
3. Mzezewa, Tariro. "Up for Auction: Snapshots of Jackie Kennedy in India and Pakistan". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
4. "Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: Daytime dresses". White House History Quarterly (52): 39. 1 February 2019.
5. Mirzoeff, Nicholas (1999). "7. Diana's death: gender, photography and the inauguration of global visual culture - pictures in India". An Introduction to Visual Culture. Psychology Press. p. 231. ISBN   978-0-415-15876-3.