
Nearly 26 years after her tragic death, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy remains fashion’s definitive ’90s minimalist muse—so much so that when first-look shots of Sarah Pidgeon channeling her in FX’s American Love Story surfaced (a stiff turtleneck, a lifeless Birkin stand-in), fans erupted, imploring the showrunners to honor the Calvin Klein, Narciso Rodriguez, and Jil Sander DNA that CBK perfected.