How ‘Love Story’ Recreated Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s Iconic Wedding Dress: ‘It Had to Be as Exact as Possible’

For a wedding originally intended to be as private as possible, photos — and some low-resolution camcorder videos — from Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s intimate Cumberland Island, Georgia nuptials are as ubiquitous among brides of today as they were when the couple first tied the knot in 1996. 

Among all of Bessette Kennedy’s history-making fashion choices (of which there are too many to name: Yohji Yamamoto evening wear, Selima Salaun sunglasses, that camel Prada coat that recently sold for $192,000…), the ensemble that has gone down as her most iconic is, without argue, her wedding look: a bias cut, cowl neck, silk slip dress designed by

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