At least her hair was done

Letizia Mowinckel was an American diplomat’s wife who served as her friend Jacqueline Kennedy’s fashion scout in Paris and who procured the pink Chanel suit that came to symbolize the first lady’s resolve in the wake of her husband’s assassination 

Letizia Mowinckel died on Feb. 14 in Rome. She was 105.  Though she never played style adviser for anyone else but Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Mowinckel maintained her own streamlined elegance well into her 100s, even after she moved into a facility managed by nuns.

     “They said when she first came to the retirement house, that she was the best-dressed woman there,” John Mowinckel said in an interview. In the mornings, her minders “put on her necklace and her earrings and wheeled her around.”On the Saturday that she died, she had an appointment with the in-house hairdresser, who had coiffed her hair into short waves at least once a month. Afterward, she ate lunch and was put to bed.

“At least her hair was done,” her son said.

                                                                     NY Times  March 28, 2026