Julia Fox Jackie Kennedy Halloween Costume Defends
- Julia Fox debuted a Halloween costume at a party hosted by The Cursed Amulet game in New York City that sparked significant online debate.
- Many social media users criticized the costume as insensitive and disrespectful, viewing it as a mockery of a national tragedy.
- Responding to the criticism,Fox addressed the controversy in a statement posted on Instagram.
Julia Fox Defended Her Controversial Jackie Kennedy Costume
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– Last updated November 1, 2023, at 00:43:16 EST.
The Costume and Initial Backlash
Julia Fox debuted a Halloween costume at a party hosted by The Cursed Amulet game in New York City that sparked significant online debate. The costume was a sequined recreation of the iconic pink suit worn by Jackie Kennedy Onassis. However, Fox added a striking and unsettling detail: simulated bloodstains on the chest, referencing the photograph of Onassis taken immediately after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22,1963.
Many social media users criticized the costume as insensitive and disrespectful, viewing it as a mockery of a national tragedy. The image of Onassis in the blood-splattered suit remains a powerful and haunting symbol of that day.
Fox’s Description: A Statement of Resistance
Responding to the criticism,Fox addressed the controversy in a statement posted on Instagram. She clarified that the costume was intended as “a statement” rather than simply a fashion choice. She explained her intention was to honor Jackie Kennedy’s strength and defiance in the face of unimaginable grief.
fox quoted Onassis’s reported refusal to change out of the blood-stained suit, stating onassis wanted “them to see what they’ve done.” Fox highlighted the “haunting juxtapositions” of “beauty and horror, poise and devastation” embodied in the image.
Honoring a Moment of Performance and Protest
Fox further elaborated on the significance of Onassis’s actions during the emergency swearing-in ceremony of Lyndon B. Johnson aboard air Force One. She described Onassis’s decision to remain in the suit as a deliberate act of “performance” and “protest,” a message to the nation in a moment of crisis.
“Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of remarkable bravery,” Fox wrote. “It was performance, protest and mourning all at onc. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality. It’s about trauma, power and how femininity itself is a form of resistance. Long live Jackie O.”