13 secrets that you never knew for the wedding of JFK and Jackie Kennedy

A bridal dress despises, too much alcohol, and a smoking football.


September 12, 1953, journalistJacqueline Bouvier then- marriedSenator John F. Kennedy, During a beautiful ceremony and reception in Newport, Rhode Island. And while thissumptuous party Has been immortalized in magazines, books and movies as well, there is still a little mystery surrounding the wedding of the couple. From the wedding dress dedicated to the non-presentation that will make your jaw fall, here are some secrets of the emblematic Kennedy wedding behind the scenes.

1
Jackie's wedding dress was destroyed weeks just before the wedding.

KT3W06 Jackie Kennedy by Toni Frissell, 1957
Alamy

The day of his marriage,Jackie Kennedy looked absolutely impeccable in his ivory tissue silk dress. It was so amazing, in fact, you would never know it was done in just 14 days.

Yes, two weeks before the big day, a main water pipe in the dress design studioAnn Lowedamaged Kennedy original dress. AsRosemary E. Reed Miller, author ofThe son of time, the fabric of history, Explained in an interview withNPR, Lowe "Refives Any Wedding Dress ... in two weeks of time. »

"[Lowe] could not tell anyone and she could not charge for that," Miller continued. "She hoped, obviously, a profit of marriage. ... looking for about $ 2000 and more, which is 1950, remember. And with the damage, she ended up, you know, negative. »

2
And the dresses of bridesmaids have been destroyed too.

Jackie and JFK's Wedding Party
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

It was not only Jackie's dress that was destroyed in the main water pipe at the Lowe shop. According to Miller, "about 14 dresses" in total have been ruined as a result of the incident. Lowe had to recreate 14 of the 22 pieces she had made for the wedding a few weeks before the Kennedys said, "I'm doing. »

3
Jackie abhor her wedding dress.

Jackie Kennedy wedding dress, Jackie Kennedy secrets
Image via Toni Frisk / Library of Congress

Jackie could have been a visionThe day of his marriageBut had she had her way, she would have walked in the driveway in a very different dress. TheNew England Historical Society Notes that the Future First Lady did not feel the dress "accentuated his flat chest" and "causes a lampshade. »

"Jackie wanted a kind ofVera wang Simple dress, and she was very Francophile, "Miller said NPR. So, why do not she get? Well ...

4
Joe Kennedy would not leave Jackie using a French designer for her dress.

Designer sewing a wedding dress
Refuge

As for JFK's father,Joe Kennedy, Was concerned, the marriage of his son was just as much a public political case as he was personal. As such, the patriarch of the Kennedy family forced Jackie to use an American designer on a Frenchman to impress the American people.

"Joe KennedyJoe Kennedy -And really running on it-wedding a more traditional dress, "Miller explained at NPR. He wanted his son to become president, so everything was concentrated this way. And he felt a French conception was simple, was not what American voters could see. Then he said, "I do not have many voters in France, you know. »

5
Jackie does not give his good wedding designer credit dress, but she may have done for her.

Portrait of Jackie Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with hand on chin, leaning on couch
GL ARCHIVE / ALAMY Photo

Because Jackie "did not like the dress," according to Miller, when people asked him about it, she said, "I wanted to go to France, but a color modist did. Lowe had worked with Jackie since she was 17, according to Miller, and she was at the time. "Ann Lowe was devastated ... She had treated her for years," said Miller. The author also noted that "most journalists do not go to the end who was this modist color" -OfloatWashington Postfashion editorNina Hyde LOWE Specific name.

The activity of Lowe struggled as the years have passed and it owes money to friends, suppliers and IRS, according to theNational Museum of American History. But after having declared bankruptcy in 1962, an anonymous person paid his debt IRS. "Many believe that he was Jackie Kennedy who would have discovered both the dramatic story of finishing his wedding dress and the financial difficulties of Lowe", according to the museum.

6
Jackie's mother made her father too drunk for her walk in the driveway.

Jacqueline Kennedy, with her parents, Janet and John V. Bouvier. They are at the Annual Horse Show of the Riding and Hunt Club
Everett Historical Collection / Alamy Stock Photo Stock

Jackie Kennedy's parents,Janet Auchincloss andJohn Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier, Had far from amicablydivorced. In order to prevent his ex-husband from attending the marriage of his own daughter, Auchincloss led the alcoholic would have known towards the bottle,Jay Mulvaney Notes in his book 2003Diana and Jackie: Maidens, Mothers, Myths.

The morning of the wedding, "Black Jack" Bouvier "was judged by Janet to be not fit to make hispaternal duty, "Mulvaney writes. Janet forbids his ex to attend the wedding and in his place, she had her husband-Jackie's stepfher,Hugh D. Auchincloss II-Walk his daughter in the driveway. "Janet was a vindictive woman," Jackie's Stepbrooteher,Yusha auchincloss, told Mulvaney. "Jackie never forgiven him for what she did for Jack Bouvier that day."

7
And then they told everyone he went down with the flu.

John Vernou Bouvier III 'Black Jack', Jacqueline Bouvier, and John Vernou Bouvier Jr, ca. early 1940s, Jackie Kennedy secrets
Everett Historical Collection / Alamy Stock Photo Stock

Of course, no political family in his right mind would reveal to the guests only the father of the bride was too drunk to make an appearance. So, in order to cover the drunkenness of John Bouvier, he was told he had "get off with the flu, "According to Mulvaney.

8
The friend who introduced JFK and Jackie was a groomsman.

Jackie Kennedy and JFK on their wedding day JFK Jackie Kennedy wedding
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

One of the members of theWedding wasCharles Bartlett, who set up Jackie and JFK at a return dinner in May 1952. Bartlett and his wife Martha welcomed dinner for theOnly goal to bring the couple together"And fortunately, he paid.

9
JFK supposedly showed his marriage with scratches on his face.

Jackie and JFK on their wedding day JFK Jackie Kennedy wedding
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston

Apparently, JFK showed his own wedding day covered with scratches. According to an article from November 1990 in the time of deceasedBoys' life, the groom "had taken a fall in a thorny spot of wild roses ... playing football" the wedding day before.

10
They planned the marriage in just a few months.

JFK and Jackie Kennedy cutting wedding cake
Toni Frisll Collection / Congress Library

Jackie and JFKannounced their commitment On June 25, 1953 and knotted the node a few months later on September 12th. Although it is not clear, why the couple rushed by planning such an important event, much speculant he hadSomething to do with Jackie's mother, who wanted to make sure his daughter had both money and power.

11
The wedding was blessed literally.

bible in a church building, crazy kardashian facts
Refuge

Since Kennedy and Bouvier had grown up in Catholic households, the pair had a Catholic ceremony, theJFK Library Remarks.Archbishop Cushing, a friend of the Kennedy family, played the ceremony alongside four other priests, including the former president of Notre Dame and the chief of society Christopher. Not only that, but before the ceremony, a special blessing was read to the future husband and his wife, written by no other thanPope PIUS XII.

12
Jackie used the same musician to her wedding who played the marriage of her parents.

Feet dancing at a wedding JFK Jackie Kennedy Wedding
Refuge

For their first dance at the Hammersmith Farm of 300 acre Auchincoss Oceanfrontfront, in front of more than 1,200 guests, Kennedy and his new wife dancedMeyer Davis And the interpretation of his orchestra of "I married an angel". According toJFK Library, Davis also played the marriage of Jackie's parents and he would participate in the inaugural bullet of Kennedy in 1961. Talk about a complete circle!

13
Their engagement story is always a mystery.

J71K5J John F. Kennedy, the nation's 35th President, would have turned 100 years old on May 29, 2017. With the centennial anniversary of John F. Kennedy's birth, the former president's legacy is being celebrated across the nation. PICTURED: Oct. 12, 1961 - New York, NY, U.S. - JOHN F. KENNEDY was the 35th President of the United States, as well as the youngest. PICTURED: President Kennedy with First Lady JACKIE KENNEDY at a Broadway Ticker Tape Parade. Credit: KEYSTONE Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy Live News
Alamy

For such a public couple, nobodyActually know how jfk and jackiegot engaged-But there are various rumors. Some say Kennedy proposed to Bouvier toTavern, a restaurant in Georgetown where the Booth # 3 was considered "the stand of the proposal". According to the restaurant website, June 24, 1953, JFKSautéed the question After Bouvier returned from London, where she covered the coronation ofQueen Elizabeth II for theWashington Times Herald.

A different rumor place their commitment to the Omni Parker House, a hotel in Boston. On hiswebsiteThe hotel says Kennedy offered at Table 40 in Parker's restaurant. Anyway, there was definitely a festive meal involved. And if you are preparing to adopt the question, start saving becauseHere is how much is the least engagement ring.

To discover more incredible secrets about the life of your best life,Click here To follow you on Instagram!


Why Jennifer Lawrence became "really, really drunk" before kissing the co-star Chris Pratt
Why Jennifer Lawrence became "really, really drunk" before kissing the co-star Chris Pratt
Why you should be microwaves from your tea
Why you should be microwaves from your tea
Can not do exercise? Make sure you eat these foods
Can not do exercise? Make sure you eat these foods