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Karl Lagerfeld on Jackie O's Chanel Knockoff, Daphne Guinness's Reading List

>> Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



>> Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Karl Lagerfeld said in a recent interview that the pink Chanel suit Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 was actually a knockoff. But a little investigative digging reveals that the iconic suit was actually made to Chanel's specifications with fabric Chanel sent to a tailor in New Jersey. [Fashionista]

  • The reason Daphne Guinness has been sending so many erudite-sounding tweets lately is because she's actually been quoting famous books and poems. Highlights include excerpts from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra — all cut down to 140 characters or fewer, of course. [The Cut]

  • Madonna's commercial for her new fragrance, Truth or Dare, has been making waves with TV network executives for being too risque. ABC reportedly asked for the bra she wears in the commercial to be "digitally made bigger, and to extend higher to cover more of her chest, and her corset longer to cover more of her bottom." [The Huffington Post]

  • Perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain has been fined a grand total of $24,000 for making racist remarks on French television last year while describing how hard he worked on his iconic scent Samsara. The fine was split up among the French government and three antiracism organizations that sued Guerlain after his gaffe. [Styleite]
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5 Things to Know About the Kennedys' Heir Apparent

Next Thursday a new Kennedy will graduate from Harvard, and make her way into a world eager to have her.

Next Thursday a new Kennedy will graduate from Harvard, and make her way into a world eager to have her. Must be nice! But Rose Kennedy Schlossberg, daughter of Caroline Kennedy, is getting more attention for her striking resemblance to grandmother Jackie than for the dynasty who gave her her first and middle name.

With a movie and a miniseries in the works to return Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis to the forefront of America's consciousness, we've been wondering who makes the best Jackie O.? If we're going on looks only, it just might be her granddaughter, but what she does with her noblesse oblige remains to be seen.

Find five things to know about Rose Kennedy Schlossberg before there's too much to learn below

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Rachel or Katie — Who Will Make a Better Jackie O.?

Mad Men may say that women are either a Marilyn or a Jackie, but not this year.

Mad Men may say that women are either a Marilyn or a Jackie, but not this year. There are two Jackie O. roles, and two leading ladies to play them.

Katie Holmes will play her in The Kennedys, an eight-hour miniseries to air on the History Channel next year. While Rachel Weisz will take on the icon in a feature film that chronicles the days following President Kennedy's assassination. Either way we're in for some vintage fashion and period drah-mah.

Yesterday Rachel told People there'd be no real-life drama, though, because there's no competition between her and Katie. But that doesn't mean we can't make it one! So big screen or small, who do you think will make the better Jackie?

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Jackie O in (Vintage) Nude Photo Scandal!

A word to the wise: naked photos can always resurface — even decades later.

A word to the wise: naked photos can always resurface — even decades later. As archivists sort through 610 boxes full of memorabilia and junk collected by the late Andy Warhol, they recently stumbled upon an autographed nude photo of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Jackie O was a frequent muse to the packrat artist and apparently gifted him a naked poster signed, "For Andy, with enduring affection, Jackie Montauk." Matt Wrbican, who is overseeing the project of the Andy Warhol Foundation, says the handwriting matches that of Onassis, who often visited Warhol's Montauk, NY, beachhouse. Here's more:

So, after her second husband, Aristotle Socrates Onassis, got a paparazzi to take pictures of her skinny-dipping and it landed in the hands of Larry Flynt, who turned it into a poster for his porn magazine, Hustler, Jackie O sent a copy – likely as a joke – to Warhol, Wrbican said.

Wow, those guys are lucky that Jackie had a good sense of humor about the whole thing. In another funny twist, the relic was found amid junk ranging from receipts to fan mail and even Caroline Kennedy's wedding cake. Just goes to show you never know where things will turn up.

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Fabcon: Jackie O

Not many people know about one of Parker Posey's best roles ever.

Not many people know about one of Parker Posey's best roles ever. In the film The House of Yes she plays a fabulous albeit slightly deranged girl with a dangerous obsession with Jackie Kennedy Onassis. She demands to be called Jackie O, wears sharp little suits and tops them off with pill box hats. She ends up being a lunatic, but she's fabulous along the way. No wonder she emulated the iconic first lady; Jackie O was the cat's meow.

The widow of U.S. president John F. Kennedy, Jackie O, as the tabloids dubbed her, remains an American icon of high style and grace. From the aforementioned pill box hats, to mini shift dresses, to caftans, to flats, and who can forget her biggie O sunglasses, she has forever put her stamp on style. As well, she was no doubt the most fashion forward first ladies. Not only was she buds with Valentino, Gucci named the "Jackie" bag after her which sold a record 6,000 pieces when relaunched in 1999.

Known for her elegant sophistication and her historical interest in the White House, in 1968, five years after JFK's death, she married wealthy Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. After Onassis' death in 1975 - sad! - Jackie settled in Manhattan and began working as an editor for Doubleday, a job she continued until her death in 1994. She was buried next to Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery. May her style, grace and strength live on.

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