Fake blood is a common sight on Halloween, but one star’s bloodied costume has attracted a wave of backlash.
Julia Fox attended a Halloween party in New York on Thursday (US time) dressed as Jackie Kennedy, wearing a candy pink suit with a matching pillbox hat and white gloves.
It was a recreation of the suit the US first lady was famously wearing when her husband, President John F Kennedy, was assassinated during a motorcade in 1963 – and included the blood stains that resulted from the tragedy.
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As photos of the Uncut Gems star’s outfit emerged online, many voiced their shock over the “horribly disrespectful” and “tasteless” costume.
Among the critics were Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of JFK and Jackie.
“Julia Fox glorifying political violence is disgusting, desperate and dangerous. I’m sure her late grandmother would agree,” he wrote on X.
Now, Fox has defended her outfit choice, explaining it was a “statement” about “trauma, power, and how femininity itself is a form of resistance”.
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“I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement,’ she wrote on Instagram alongside photos of the outfit.
“When her husband was assassinated, she refused to change out of her blood-stained clothes, saying, ‘I want them to see what they’ve done.’
“The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history. Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation.
“Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery.
“It was performance, protest, and mourning all at once. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality.”
Fox signed off with, “Long live Jackie O.”
Kennedy famously wore the bloodied suit for hours after her husband was killed, despite being offered a change of clothing.
She kept it on when Vice President Lyndon B Johnson was sworn in as president that night, and only changed after JFK’s body had been prepared at almost 4am the following day.
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