JFK Jr.'s Style: How Kennedy Jr. Became Known as a Fashion Icon

LONDON — John F. Kennedy Jr. was an anomaly.

The good looks of the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis blurred the line between glitz, glamour, politics and policy.

Over the decades, Kennedy Jr. has earned the epithet of style icon.

Steven M. Gillon, a friend of Kennedy Jr. and author of “America’s Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.,” remembers a different type of man.

“Day in and day out, John was a slob. He would just throw things on and they didn’t match. He didn’t wear the right size. It’s funny for those of us who knew him to see him as this style icon. He certainly could clean up really well and part of that is his mom’s influence. Jackie had her own style and presence about her — I think that rubbed off on John,” he said.

Terry Newman, au