In Photos: The Tragically Short Lives of America’s Kennedy Sweethearts
America may not have a monarchy, but the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy achieved royal couple-status over the course of their relationship, which was cut tragically short when they died in a plane crash off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts in 1999, along with Bessette-Kennedy’s sister, Lauren.
Bessette-Kennedy was 33, and her husband was 38.
Today, there is no greater testament to the Kennedys’ sartorial legacy than the fact that the couple—and Bessette-Kennedy in particular—remains as zeitgeist-defining today as they were a quarter-century ago. (A black Yohji Yamamoto wrap dress from Bessette-Kennedy’s wardrobe sold this year at auction for $8960—almost quadruple the pre-auction estimate.)