Julia Fox Doubles Down on Her Jackie Kennedy Halloween Costume Amid Backlash

Julia Fox picked Halloween chaos on purpose. She showed up as a blood-spattered Jackie Kennedy, the internet lit up, and now she is explaining why.

The costume

At a New York City Halloween party hosted by the game The Cursed Amulet, Fox wore a sequined spin on Jackie Kennedy Onassis' famous pink suit. The twist: dark red splatter across the chest, a direct nod to the brutal images taken in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination while Jackie was still in that outfit.

The backlash

Predictably, people called it tasteless and accused Fox of turning a national tragedy into a costume gag. The look is a third rail for a reason; Jackie wore that suit the day her husband was killed and refused to take it off for hours afterward.

Fox's explanation

Fox posted a statement on Instagram framing the look as a statement, not just a costume. She points to Jackie deliberately keeping the suit on during Lyndon B. Johnson's emergency swearing-in, which happened immediately after the assassination. According to Fox, that was the whole point: to make the country confront what had happened, in real time and on camera.

'I want them to see what they have done.'

That line, which Jackie reportedly said when urged to change, is what Fox says she wanted to highlight. She describes the image of an elegant pink suit soaked in blood as a deliberate clash — grace against violence — and calls Jackie's choice an act of protest, performance, and mourning. The bigger theme she is pushing: trauma, power, and the idea that femininity can be used as resistance. She closes by saying she meant it as an honor to Jackie O, not a mockery.

It is a very specific reference that not everyone is going to clock at first glance. But Fox clearly knew it would provoke a reaction — and built her defense right into the costume.