Turban Tuesday has been preempted to bring you this special edition — Pillbox Hat Tuesday, marking the 48th anniversary of the murder of President Kennedy.
Here’s Jack and Jackie, arriving at Love Field in Dallas on that fateful day, November 22, 1963.
Jackie’s pink suit was made in 1961 by the New York dress salon, Chez Ninon. It was a copy of a Chanel pink boucle wool suit trimmed with a navy blue collar. The pillbox hat was designed by Oleg Cassini, and outsourced to be constructed by Marita at Bergdorf Goodman.
By request of Caroline Kennedy, Jackie’s Dallas outfit won’t be on public display until 2103. It is being stored by the National Archives and Records Administration in a dark, windowless, temperature-controlled bunker at the agency’s complex in Maryland. It was never washed and is still bloodstained.
No one seems to know what became of the pillbox hat. According to a Secret Service agent, it was last known to be in the hands of Jackie’s personal secretary, Mary Barelli Gallagher, who won’t discuss it.
One doesn’t usually think of Lucy in a turban, but there she is.
Today is an important day in Lucille Ball history. it was on November 15, 1962 that she purchased over 300,000 of Desi’s shares of Desilu, in excess of the market price of $7.63. With over 600,000 shares, more than 52 percent of the company, she became the first female head of a major Hollywood studio. Lucy and Desi had divorced in 1960
December 2 marks the 25th anniversary of Desi’s death.
Hello, Kitty. Today would have been Kitty Carlisle’s 101st birthday. Alas, she only made it to 96. Here she is in 1934′s “Murder at the Vanities.” You get to see what Earl Carroll’s Vanities looked like. Art Deco masterpiece!
Miss Carlisle was best known for the Marx Bros. romp, “A Night at the Opera,” and for being a panelist on “To Tell the Truth.”