“It was a great moment in my career but also a beautiful moment in my personal life,” he told Vogue in 2018. Bessette chose her close friend Narciso Rodriguez, who had worked with her at Calvin Klein, and instantly made the designer a household name the next year, he launched his own eponymous label. The wedding was an event, but the dress was what changed everything.
For their rehearsal dinner and reception, they celebrated at the island’s Greyfield Inn, where most of their guests stayed as well. It was one of the most anticipated nuptials since Princess Diana and Prince Charles, but instead of a cathedral filled with thousands of people, the couple chose the First African Baptist Church on Cumberland Island, Georgia, with about 40 guests in attendance. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette was ready to surprise.
For her September 21, 1996, wedding to John F.
