Actually Worn
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedydress · No commercial tie

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy wore Yohji Yamamoto.

Bonhams' own press release documents this Yohji Yamamoto SS1998 black silk wrap trench dress as worn by Bessette-Kennedy to The Supper Club in 1998 (photographed with Lee Radziwill). Provenance traced from her sister Lisa Bessette to family friend Sasha Chermayeff, who consigned it — the first time a piece from her wardrobe reached auction.

Reported by the pressBonhams (press release, quoting specialist Marissa Speer) · 17 June 2024
No commercial relationship

Shade not documented — no swatch shown

The Record · clothing

What dress did Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy wear?

Yohji Yamamoto black silk wrap trench dress, Spring/Summer 1998. Bonhams' own press release documents this Yohji Yamamoto SS1998 black silk wrap trench dress as worn by Bessette-Kennedy to The Supper Club in 1998 (photographed with Lee Radziwill). Provenance traced from her sister Lisa Bessette to family friend Sasha Chermayeff, who consigned it — the first time a piece from her wardrobe reached auction.

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Similar — not documented on her

Yohji Yamamoto current wrap-coat and trench-as-dress silhouettessame design house, same signature wrap/trench-as-dress construction; the exact SS1998 style is not in production

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