When the three shots were fired, the 35th President was sitting alongside his wife of 10 years, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, known as "Jackie" dressed in a pink suit which is remembered my many to this day. Knowing they had a global audience, John put on a brave face. He chose a pink wool suit with three-quarter-length sleeves and a blue underblouse. With the world's fixation on President Kennedys assassination, experts agree that displaying what is arguably the most legendary garment in American history, would indeed be problematic. Made of wool boucl, the double-breasted, strawberry pink and navy trim collared suit was matched with a trademark matching pink pillbox hat and white gloves. Despite all of the efforts that were made to convince the grieving new widow to take off her blood-stained clothing, Mrs. Kennedy continued to wear the pink Chanel suit. Despite all of the efforts that were made to convince the grieving new widow to take off her blood-stained clothing, Mrs. Kennedy continued to wear the pink Chanel suit. At the hospital, several people asked the former first lady to change hergore-soaked pink Chanel suit. 1954 Nick De Morgoli via Getty Images Kennedy and her sister attend the Franco-American Ball at the Waldorf Astoria. You can usually find me in coffee shop somewhere in Europe. Jackie Kennedy purposefully wore the bloody clothes so America could see what it did to her husband. . President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy deplane from Air Force One at Love Field, Dallas, Texas. At 12:30pm, November 22nd, sitting in the back of the presidential limousine, shots were fired. For 50 years after John F Kennedys assassination in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, almost no one has laid eyes on the pink suit Jacqueline Kennedy was wearing the day her husband died. Somewhere along the line, the pink pillbox hat that matched Mrs. Kennedys Chanel suit, got lost. Many women imitated the Jackie look including her clothes, glasses and hairstyles. She did have real Chanels, [but] her sister ordered them. In our history, there have been only three other Presidents that have met the same demise; four in total counting President JFK.
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