Sarah Pidgeon Channels Carolyn Bessette At Vanity Fair Oscar Party

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Sarah Pidgeon continued to decorate the half at the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

The Love Story star, who’s been enchanting audiences along with her portrayal of Carolyn Bessette reverse Paul Anthony Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr., hit the premiere Oscars after-party wearing customized Calvin Klein Collection.

The beaded silvery-white robe, apart from trying stylish as hell, is a nod to the years Carolyn spent in gross sales after which as a PR exec with the model, which not not like the title characters of the Ryan Murphy-produced FX/Hulu sequence, has grow to be an object of renewed fascination.

Stylist Emma Jade Morrison, who’s been working with Pidgeon as she’s made the press and pink carpet rounds on behalf of Love Story, did the honors as soon as once more for the Vanity Fair occasion, being held for the primary time at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The 29-year-old actress seemed fresh-faced in impartial make-up and carried a flask-shaped silver purse.

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Quite a few Pidgeon’s off-screen appears have paid homage to Bessette’s legendary model, which she could not assist however get immersed in whereas capturing the nine-episode sequence, which recreated every little thing from the easy means she styled a white button-down to the endlessly imitated Narciso Rodriguez slip dress she wore when she wed JFK Jr. in 1996.

Sarah Pidgeon attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party — Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

“There had been collectors that we had been capable of pull from—and whether or not or not it was the precise piece that she herself wore, they wore the identical items from the identical assortment,” Pidgeon told Vogue about channeling Bessette by way of style. “We found her Prada and Valentino coats, and fitted some Levi’s so that they looked exactly how they fit Carolyn.”

Plus, she continued, “The shoes that I got to wear were incredible—Manolo heels, Prada boots. I got a lot better at walking in heels after the show, I’ll tell you that much.”

And while Pidgeon has acknowledged that there will forever be something enigmatic about the late style icon, a reluctant public figure because of the doomed love story that ended with her and Kennedy’s deaths in a plane crash in 1999, the actress hopes that she ultimately helped to make her seem more human, if not exactly relatable.

“What I hope is that people feel a little closer to knowing the woman behind the clothes,” Pidgeon explained. “She is known as this minimalist fashion icon, but I learned that she was also vivacious, funny, and had a wildness about her.”

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