Julia Fox is defending her controversial 2025 Halloween costume.
For an Oct. 30 Halloween party in New York City, Fox dressed up as Jackie Kennedy in a blood-soaked pink ensemble, re-creating what the former first lady wore the day her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated.
The look elicited many strong reactions online, with some social media users calling it “disrespectful.”
On Instagram, Fox revealed why she chose the look for Halloween.
“I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement,” she said. “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.”
“Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation. Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery,” Fox continued. “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 ♥️.”
Fox wore the outfit at the annual Cursed Amulet Halloween party in New York City.
Jack Schlossberg, Jackie Kennedy’s grandson, reacted to Fox’s costume on X on Oct. 31, writing, “Julia Fox glorifying political violence is disgusting, desperate and dangerous. I’m sure her late grandmother would agree.”
On TikTok, some users called the look “distasteful.”
“That CAN’T be ethical,” one user commented.
“This feels so wrong,” another wrote.
In the comments section of Fox’s post, some praised her explanation, while others still referred to the look as “problematic.”
According to The New York Times, Jackie Kennedy, who died in 1994, refused to change out of her blood-stained suit after her husband’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963. She kept the outfit on when Lyndon B. Johnson, Kennedy’s vice president, was sworn in as head of state later that day.
The National Archives has kept the pink suit preserved in a climate-controlled vault outside of Washington, per The New York Times.
The suit won’t be available for public viewing until the year 2103 as to not “dishonor the memory of Mrs. Kennedy or President Kennedy, or cause any grief or suffering to members of their family,” according to a deed of the suit from when it was gifted to the National Archives.
