Julia Fox is explaining her bloody Jackie Kennedy Halloween costume, insisting it’s a “statement” about “protest and mourning.”
After the actress went viral for dressing up as Kennedy drenched in her assassinated husband John F. Kennedy’s blood, she took to Instagram to provide context.
“I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement,” she wrote.
“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.”
According to Fox, 35, the image is both “beauty and horror,” “poise and devastation.”
She described the former first lady’s “decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to,” as “an act of extraordinary bravery.”
The “Uncut Gems” star concluded, “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 
.”
For some commenters, “the caption saved it,” as “not everyone has this type of mindset.”
However, others “still think it’s problematic.”
Fox arrived at The Cursed Amulet’s Halloween party in New York City on Thursday night wearing a double-breasted pink tweed skirt set, covered in fake blood. She accessorized with a pillbox hat and structured handbag.
After the 35th president of the United States was fatally shot in 1963, his widow famously chose to stand next to Lyndon B. Johnson as he was sworn in as the next president, wearing the same outfit she had on as she held John in the ill-fated convertible.
Historian Steve Gillon told People in 2022, “Despite these horrible circumstances, she was willing to stand for a photo because she understood what it meant for the nation to have continuity in government. … They actually had another dress laid out for her to put on, and she refused.”
As for Fox, her fashion choices often make headlines, but few require a public explanation.
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