“There were collectors that we were able to pull from—and whether or not it was the actual piece that she herself wore, they wore the same pieces from the same collection,” Pidgeon told Vogue about channeling Bessette through fashion. “We found her Prada and Valentino coats, and fitted some Levi’s so that they looked exactly how they fit Carolyn.”
Plus, she continued, “The shoes that I got to wear were incredible—Manolo heels, Prada boots. I got a lot better at walking in heels after the show, I’ll tell you that much.”
And while Pidgeon has acknowledged that there will forever be something enigmatic about the late style icon, a reluctant public figure because of the doomed love story that ended with her and Kennedy’s deaths in a plane crash in 1999, the actress hopes that she ultimately helped to make her seem more human, if not exactly relatable.
“What I hope is that people feel a little closer to knowing the woman behind the clothes,” Pidgeon explained. “She is known as this minimalist fashion icon, but I learned that she was also vivacious, funny, and had a wildness about her.”
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