Carolyn was photographed wearing the camel-colored coat in the late '90s
NEED TO KNOW
- A coat once owned by the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy has sold for $192,000 at auction, over $160,000 more than previous estimations
- The camel-colored Prada coat was gifted to Carolyn by Lee Radziwill, the aunt of her husband, John F. Kennedy Jr.
- Four items owned by Carolyn were sold at the auction, along with 20 other vintage items identical to ones worn by the style icon
If you want to look like Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, it's going to cost you.
A coat once belonging to the late wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. just sold for a whopping $192,000 at an auction by the Fashion Auctioneer, roughly $160,000 more than its estimated sale range of $15-$30K.
Made by Prada, the single-breasted camel-colored coat was gifted to Carolyn by JFK Jr.'s aunt Lee Radziwill. Carolyn later gifted the coat to her friend Rosemarie Terenzio, who worked as an assistant to JFK Jr. in the '90s. Terenzio then passed on the coat to actress Michele Ammon, who has owned it ever since.
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The coat sold during a March 3 auction by the Fashion Auctioneer, which featured a total of four pieces worn by Carolyn — including two other Prada coats and a black Yohji Yamamoto dress, a favorite designer of Carolyn's.
The Calvin Klein publicist was photographed by paparazzi in the coat at least twice. Once in 1997, where she paired the coat with a black scarf, blue jeans and oval-shaped sunglasses. She was again photographed in 1998, when she was seen in the coat while walking her dog Friday alongside JFK Jr., who playfully snapped his own photos of the paparazzi.
In addition to her personal items, the collection also features 20 vintage items identical to ones worn by Carolyn.
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Interest in the couple has skyrocketed amid the premiere of the FX scripted series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, which chronicles the couple's tumultuous love story and untimely deaths.
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The series has revived interest in the fashion of both Carolyn and JFK Jr., with many hailing them as style icons and attempting to recreate their looks.
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