Hope everyone had a happy, safe Halloween! I went as a worried mom while my long-haired Chihuahua went as a floof needing to see the vet over a hind leg issue. Oh wait, those weren’t costumes… All’s ok, turns out My Guy has a displaced knee cap on his left leg, which our vet said was common for small dogs. Still, it’s been distressing for both of us! And speaking of distressing, Julia Fox made sure her costume for the holiday was upsetting and attention-seeking. While attending a party in NYC, Julia showed up as First Lady Jackie Kennedy, donning her iconic pink Chanel suit. From the neck up, I actually thought Julia made a decent Jackie. But this is Julia Fox, stunt queen, so she took a major detour to the corner of tacky and tasteless by smearing fake blood over the suit, representing JFK’s blood after he was assassinated sitting next to his wife. JFK and Jackie’s grandson Jack Schlossberg called Julia’s choice “disgusting, desperate and dangerous.” I quite agree.
Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy’s grandson, had some things to say about Julia Fox’s costume of choice.
Yesterday, Fox made an appearance at The Cursed Amulet’s Halloween Party in New York City wearing Jackie Kennedy’s infamous pink suit. The costume immediately went viral online for a specific reason — the suit was covered in blood, to represent Kennedy’s appearance after the assassination of her husband.
Social media exploded in debate, wondering if Fox took it too far with her costume with users commenting on the insensitivity of the outfit.
“Honestly, what she did is beyond disrespectful. who thinks it’s okay to turn someone’s real-life tragedy into a halloween costume? it’s just disturbing. I’m sorry you had to see it,” said one user.
Amid the discourse, Schlossberg, Kennedy’s grandson, spoke his mind regarding the situation.
“Julia Fox glorifying political violence is disgusting, desperate and dangerous,” he said earlier today on X. “I’m sure her late grandmother would agree.”
A minute after his message was posted, Fox shared an Instagram statement explaining why she picked this historical moment for her Halloween getup.
“I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement,” Fox began.
“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,” she noted. “Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation.”
“Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery,” Fox stated. “It was performance, protest, and mourning all at once. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality. It’s about trauma, power, and how femininity itself is a form of resistance. Long live Jackie O
” Jack, the son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, is Jackie’s only grandson; the former First Lady passed away in 1994, when Schlossberg was one year old.
“Not as a costume, but as a statement.” Ugh. Sorry, Julia, but you don’t get to show up to every event in aggressively outrageous clothing (or in many cases, a lack of clothing), and then claim there’s a political statement behind one that gets called out for being tasteless. Adding the fake blood was meant to shock; it evokes a striking image of one of the worst moments in our country’s history, the visual of which is seared into the minds of many. And Jack Schlossberg is right that it’s a dangerous time to mix playing with political violence with playing dress up. The outfit was definitely meant to shock, and, like most of Julia’s ensembles, to get attention. When someone so consistently presents themselves in costume — whether it’s Halloween or not — at a certain point it sends the message that the person isn’t comfortable just showing up as themselves. And that’s rather sad. Y’all know I love Lady Gaga, and she absolutely started out in this way, always appearing in costume as a form of armor. She can still be plenty wackadoodle in her fashion, but there was definitely an evolution; more self-acceptance in showing up without the gimmicks. For Julia’s sake, I hope she gets to that place as well.