A popular New York influencer is facing severe scrutiny online after donning a Halloween costume that far surpassed spooky.
Julia Fox, who has starred in films including Uncut Gems with Adam Sandler and walked the runway for Tommy Hilfiger, dressed as former First Lady Jackie Kennedy on the day her husband was assassinated.
Fox wore a pink tweed set nearly identical to the one Kennedy wore on that fateful afternoon in 1963, although hers was covered in blood.
Former President John F. Kennedy was famously shot in Dallas while riding in his motorcade, seated beside his wife.
Initial Reactions on Social Media
Fox, who has a reputation for wearing controversial clothing, was ridiculed online for her attire, with several social media users dubbing it “distasteful” and “inappropriate.”
The resounding response online was that Fox’s depiction of Kennedy was in “very poor taste,” that it was “pretty tasteless,” as well as “vile and disgusting,” as described by several users on X.
“She’s about as tone deaf as they come,” one person stated.
Fox’s Response To Backlash
On Friday, Fox shared that rather than dressing costume, she was making “a statement.”
“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,’” she wrote in part to Instagram, describing Kennedy. “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. 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.”
A representative for Fox did not immediately respond to Men’s Journal’s request for comment.
Her post has already garnered hundreds of comments, many of which are supportive of Fox and her decision.
