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Kelby Nicole Mary
The Pink Suit
The Pink Suit
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Description: On 22 November 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband to Dallas Texas wearing a pink suit that was one of his favourites. But as Jackie was greeted by ecstatic crowds that sunny morning nobody could have dreamt just how iconic the suit would soon become. In The Pink Suit Nicole Mary Kelby has written a novel imagining the life of the garment that became emblematic of the moment the American Dream turned to ashes. Kate is an Irish seamstress working in the back room at Chez Ninon an exclusive Manhattan atelier entrusted with creating much of Jackie's wardrobe. Kate and the First Lady share roots in rural Ireland and although their lives could not be more different Kate honours their connection by using the muslin toiles for each piece she sews for Mrs Kennedy to fashion an identical garment - in a different fabric - for her own niece. Then comes the terrible day that pictures of Kate's handiwork splashed with the president's blood are beamed all over the world. The Pink Suit is a fascinating novel about politics fashion history and the people who have a hand in it - from the backrooms of a Manhattan dressmaker's to the Blue Room at the White House.
Title: The Pink Suit
Author(s): Kelby Nicole Mary
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781844089758
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2015
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: On 22 November 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied her husband to Dallas Texas wearing a pink suit that was one of his favourites. But as Jackie was greeted by ecstatic crowds that sunny morning nobody could have dreamt just how iconic the suit would soon become. In The Pink Suit Nicole Mary Kelby has written a novel imagining the life of the garment that became emblematic of the moment the American Dream turned to ashes. Kate is an Irish seamstress working in the back room at Chez Ninon an exclusive Manhattan atelier entrusted with creating much of Jackie's wardrobe. Kate and the First Lady share roots in rural Ireland and although their lives could not be more different Kate honours their connection by using the muslin toiles for each piece she sews for Mrs Kennedy to fashion an identical garment - in a different fabric - for her own niece. Then comes the terrible day that pictures of Kate's handiwork splashed with the president's blood are beamed all over the world. The Pink Suit is a fascinating novel about politics fashion history and the people who have a hand in it - from the backrooms of a Manhattan dressmaker's to the Blue Room at the White House.
Title: The Pink Suit
Author(s): Kelby Nicole Mary
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781844089758
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 4/9/2015
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction