#flotus

[joydoesathing]

more cold war era first gentlemen

bonus doodles

[lancer-andlace]

Jackie Kennedy prepares for a dinner party

[mysharona1987]

[mishacollins]

Last night at a White House event to honor recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Laureates award, I ran into Hillary Clinton, who was there way back when I was an intern! It was fun to catch up...

[joansiesbeloved]

The many instances of Jackie Kennedy sporting her leopard print coat, c. 1960s-70s.

[69chainsaw-at-the-dotte]

FLOTUS - Melania Trump

[profeminist]

"Election Day isn’t the first day to vote in this election – it’s actually the last! Join millions of Americans who are casting their ballots early. Whether you choose to vote early in person or through mail-in ballot, make a plan to vote and check out the options available to you by going to http://WhenWeAllVote.org."

- Michelle Obama

[awkwardjewishtheatrenerd]

History reimagined at its finest. Chef's kiss

Oh, Mary Broadway September 2024 Broadway - $10

Cast: Cole Escola (Mary Todd Lincoln), Conrad Ricamora (Mary's Husband), James Scully (Mary's Teacher), Bianca Leigh (Mary's Chaperone), Tony Macht (Mary's Husband's Assistant)

Notes: MP4 format. Filmed from side front mezzanine. Mix of wide shots and zooms. Pretty damn good filming here. Only flaws are the couch/lounge on the left being almost completely obscured, a head on the right at moments, and the longer (2 min) blackout to change my battery. If you are in the area during the duration of this show… RUN TO THE LYCEUM. Includes bows. NFS forever except through master and NFT through October 24, 2029.

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBJYSa

[7itch0zero]

[19751011]

dancing billary: President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton dance at a White House event in October 1995.

[epicallyepicepilogue]

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[joydoesathing]

mr. bouvier

news about the release of the jfk files kept on getting released nonstop, so i got a bit of motivation to draw something related

(i guess i'll somewhat occasionally be doing a subseries of my curse anime-girlified presidents called "the first gentlemen" which of course focuses on the first ladies but anime man-ified XD??)

[lancer-andlace]

Jackie Kennedy in Hyannis Port

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

FLOTUS Inauguration FASHION

"A ribbon encircling a bouquet of flowers"

"It was such an honor to create the dress for the First Lady Melania Trump tonight.. I can’t thank her enough… it was a wonderful project, a great collaboration… as always !!!!"

"designed by #HervéPierre a strapless off-white silk crepe gown with two bands of black silk gazar. As an accent, Melania borrowed a diamond broach that was created by #HarryWinston in 1955 and wore it as a choker. Its design is meant to reflect Pierre’s concept for the gown – a ribbon encircling a bouquet of flowers – as indicated in his initial sketch for the dress. She also wears classic white leather shoes from #ManoloBlahnik"

A custom navy silk wool coat and pencil skirt with an ivory silk crepe blouse from the New York-born designer Adam Lippes. All three garments were hand-sewn in Manhattan. A custom hat from another native New Yorker, Eric Javits. "The American-made outfit involved a clandestine operation that was orchestrated by her stylist Herve Pierre."

Sunday night Candlelight Dinner

"At the candlelight dinner on Sunday, Melania wore a Yves Saint Laurent cape, a Dolce & Gabbana shirt, a Ralph Lauren belt and a Carolina Herrera skirt, according to Vanessa Friedman, a New York Times fashion critic."

Sunday at Arlington Cemetery

Saturday Florida departure & Fireworks

Thursday Funeral

 

[kennedycore]

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with Clipper, the family dog, and her niece Tina Radziwill on the White House lawn, 15 January 1963.

[joansiesbeloved]

31 years ago from today, on May 19th, 1994, the world lost a great woman. The late Mrs. Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

Rest in Peace to the one and only Jackie Kennedy Onassis. July 28th, 1929 - May 19th, 1994.

“I love the Autumn, And yet I cannot say All the thoughts and things That make me feel this way. I love walking on the angry shore, To watch the angry sea; Where summer people were before, But now there's only me. I love wood fires at night That have a ruddy glow. I stare at the flames And think of long ago. I love the feeling down inside me That says to run away To come and be a gypsy And laugh the gypsy way. The tangy taste of apples, The snowy mist at morn, The wanderlust inside you When you hear the huntsman's horn. Nostalgia - that's the Autumn, Dreaming through September Just a million lovely things I always will remember.” ― Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

“Jacqueline Kennedy has today given her country the one thing it has always lacked, and that is majesty.” “To have done that for her country—to have lived through that weekend and done what she did from that Friday to that Monday—to have shown the world that the killing of the President was not America, the loving dignity of our saying goodbye was America—to have done that was an act of supreme patriotism.” ― Peggy Noonan, TIME Magazine.

“When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died, the world remembered the woman who wore pink in Dallas, who stood bloodstained beside Lyndon Johnson on Air Force One, who lit the White House with history and art, who carried a nation’s grief not with speeches but with silence. But beyond that, those who knew her well remembered someone quieter, deeper—a private soul who read Greek tragedies in bed, who scribbled notes in the margins of Proust, who raised her children fiercely and privately, who traded tiaras for editing manuscripts in a New York publishing house, and who, in the end, died with the same mystery she lived by. She became not just a First Lady—but a legend stitched into American memory. Graceful, composed, resilient. She did not need to speak loudly; history did the echoing for her.” — from “America’s Queen: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis” by Gail Sheehy

"She inspired an entire generation of Americans with her grace and courage. She showed us how to do what is hard with strength and wisdom, and what is beautiful with dignity and grace."— President Bill Clinton.

"My mother died surrounded by her friends and her family and her books, the people and the things that she loved. And she did it her own way, on her own terms. We all feel lucky for that." — John F. Kennedy Jr. at his mother's funeral.

Senator Edward Kennedy:

"She was the most courageous woman I ever knew. She had more than her share of trials, but she never let them make her bitter." — Edward Moore Kennedy talking about his sister-in-law.