Jackie Kennedy Was A True Style Icon – But Her Shoes Hid An Intimate Secret

Jackie Kennedy’s shoes hold the key to confirming a long-suspecting rumor about the style icon. And it’s amazing to think that Jackie O. could have kept such an intimate secret hidden in plain sight. After all, she is renowned for being the most glamorous first lady in U.S. history. Everybody remembers that iconic boatneck wedding gown and those stunning pillbox hats, right? Her outfits have been discussed, analyzed and copied almost endlessly for 50 years. Yet it turns out that Jackie had us all fooled...

The new revelation came about after Kathy McKeon – who served as Jackie’s live-in aide for 13 years – published her autobiography, Jackie’s Girl. And it was a chapter of the book discussing her boss’ famous wardrobe that gave us the clue to unlocking this incredible shoe-secret. So how did McKeon find out what had escaped so many others before her?

Well, the aide had intimate access to the former first lady’s wardrobe. McKeon wrote in her autobiography, “The bedroom walk-in closet was jam-packed with Madam’s everyday clothing, all arranged according to color. I had never seen such a dazzling selection of shoes!” And when McKeon took a closer look, she spotted one unusual thing about the footwear.

But she probably had to look pretty hard. Because Jackie was hailed for her visionary sense of style throughout her career – starting when she moved into the White House. That’s when she asked her fashion designer friend Oleg Cassini to provide her with a unique wardrobe for her various duties. The French-born American then helped create some of Jackie’s most iconic outfits – and choose her telling footwear.

In fact, Jackie spent in excess of $145,000 on outfits and accessories in 1961 alone. It might have been worth it, though: Jackie’s wardrobe was widely admired by the public, and she was even voted the world’s most stylish woman. So people would have been talking about her shoes – yet no one noticed the secret they kept.