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How to Recreate Jackie O’s Signature Summer Style

Jackie Kennedy Onassis is obviously a huge fashion icon and inspiration for many, myself included.  I particularly love her summer style, it was just.. so.. Florida.  Her embrace of Jack Rogers sandals and shift dresses, often by Lilly Pulitzer would go on to inspire sorority girls of the Sunshine State to emulate this look for generations, myself included!  Right up to today, the mix of Jack Rogers and shift dresses is common on the streets of Florida and the East coast.  If you’re a Florida girl you know what I’m talking about!  This preppy yet beachy style is classic and always looks chic- without much effort!

Lilly Pulitzer shift dress with Jack Rogers sandals, and a straw hat
Me doing my best Jackie Kennedy impression. My dress is Lilly, sandals are Jack Rogers, hat is Anthropologie, and cork purse is from Madeira (my mom got it for me on vacation).

 

Jackie Kennedy in Lilly Pulitzer and Jack Rogers sandals.
Jackie Kennedy in Lilly Pulitzer and Jack Rogers sandals. (Cecil Stoughton, White House Photographer, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)

If you want to re-create Jackie’s signature summer style here’s what you’ll need.

The basics are a shift dress and the correct sandals.

  1. A red and white shift dress
  2. A pair of white Jack Rodgers sandals

Next, let’s add some accessories!

  1. A straw bag
  2. A straw hat
  3. Gold Oyster Shell Pendant Necklace

Voila, you are now ready for the coast in this simple, chic, and classic Jackie Kennedy look.  What coast?  Doesn’t really matter, this look is timeless and location transcendent!

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10 Comments

  1. Melanie
    March 4, 2021 / 3:20 am

    As a Floridian sorority alum, I can agree 100%! Love her style.

  2. Jenna
    March 4, 2021 / 12:40 pm

    I love the straw and the lilly!! Those dresses are so bright and fun!

  4. Dana
    March 4, 2021 / 5:53 pm

    Loving the bags you found! So classy

  5. Kelley Gibson
    March 4, 2021 / 10:41 pm

    So many great items. Now I want to recreate her style!

    • lbroper80
      Author
      March 5, 2021 / 5:37 pm

      She is a fun one to recreate! I did a bathing suit recreation of hers a few years ago. I should re-post it. Anyway, it was a black bathing suit with a hat and a chunky tortoise necklace. It was from the 1960s and still looked so chic.

  6. Jenna Rad
    March 5, 2021 / 6:20 am

    Hey style was timeless then and is timeless now!

  8. Lindsay
    March 5, 2021 / 4:22 pm

    I had no idea Jackie wore Jack Rogers! Makes me love and appreciate mine even more!

    • lbroper80
      Author
      March 5, 2021 / 5:34 pm

      They are such great shoes- so well made and a classic look!