{"id":1787,"date":"2022-11-21T06:22:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T06:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2024-01-30T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:01:00","slug":"jackie-kennedys-ring-which-served-as-an-example-for-future-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/entertainment\/jackie-kennedys-ring-which-served-as-an-example-for-future-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Kennedy’s ring, which served as an example for future generations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The simplicity of Carolyn Bessette-sapphire Kennedy’s and diamond eternity ring was a tribute to her mother-in-law.
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was the face of the ’90s minimalist movement, and her jewellery selection was everything from spectacular. The choice of a simple engagement ring that complemented the rest of her clothing when John F. Kennedy Jr. proposed to Caroline in 1995 makes sense.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality, according to Carole Radziwill’s book What Remains, JFK’s eldest son was motivated by a gold and emerald band that belonged to his mother, Jackie Kennedy, which she referred to as her “swimming ring”. Bessette-Kennedy allegedly informed the writer at the time that her platinum engagement ring, which featured round-cut sapphires and diamonds, was “a replica of a ring [John’s] mother wore.” The journalist’s spouse Anthony Radziwill was Jackie’s nephew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The First Lady’s swimming ring is thought to have been a present from her longtime partner and diamond dealer Maurice Tempelsman. However, there is also some conjecture that a Schlumberger Sixteen Stone diamond that previously belonged to Bessette-mother-in-law Kennedy’s served as the model for the engagement ring. Although Tempelsman is believed to have assisted in the creation of Bessette-band, Kennedy’s jewellery historian Marion Fasel, proprietor of The Adventurine, says Vogue, “I can’t say with definitely which ring was Jackie’s swimming ring.”
What is certain, though, is that Bessette-straightforward Kennedy’s band captured her style just right. It’s easy to see how straightforward the design was when compared to her mother-in-own law’s stunning engagement ring from Van Cleef & Arpels, which had a 2.84-carat emerald and 2.88-carat diamond. According to Fasel, “[Carolyn’s] engagement ring embodied the simplicity of that era.” It had a subtle grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bessette-Kennedy wasn’t the only fashion icon to wear an eternity ring as an engagement band; in the 1950s, Mel Ferrer gave Audrey Hepburn a band studded with baguette-cut diamonds. More recently, Thomas Mars, the actor’s spouse, gave Sofia Coppola an eternity ring from Cartier. Fasel says, “I constantly wonder why eternity bands aren’t more popular; they are so simple to wear, lovely, and contemporary. They are a wonderful alternative to solitaire, but they have never gained the same level of popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even while Bessette-engagement Kennedy’s ring’s precise history may never be known, it will undoubtedly serve as a constant source of inspiration for brides in the years to come. According to British Vogue’s jewellery director Rachel Garrahan, Bessette-life Kennedy’s and her relationship with John Kennedy Jr. are shrouded in myth and mystery. “Her normally understated engagement ring is the same,”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The simplicity of Carolyn Bessette-sapphire Kennedy’s and diamond eternity ring was a tribute to her mother-in-law.Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was the face of the ’90s minimalist movement, and her jewellery selection was everything from spectacular. The choice of a simple engagement ring that complemented the rest of her clothing when John F. Kennedy Jr. proposed to Caroline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[376,377,378,375],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nyfeature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}