Julia Fox Halloween Costume has once again proven she’s not afraid of controversy.
The actress and model walked into a New York Halloween party dressed as a blood-soaked Jackie Kennedy — the First Lady on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated — and the internet lost it.
The moment her photos hit Instagram, reactions exploded. Some called it art. Others called it cruel. But no one could look away.
Julia Fox’s Jackie Kennedy look stunned — and shocked — everyone
Julia showed up in a pink Chanel-style suit, white gloves, and that signature pillbox hat — all splattered in red. It was a direct recreation of the outfit Jackie Kennedy wore in Dallas on November 22, 1963, a moment frozen in American tragedy.
According to People, Fox attended a Halloween bash in New York on October 30 wearing the outfit, which included a matching handbag and short black wig. She leaned fully into the eerie accuracy — down to the dazed expression in the photos she later shared online.
Some viewers saw a bold statement on trauma and femininity. Others saw a line being crossed.
“Weaponizing image and grace,” Fox reportedly wrote in her caption — framing the look as a commentary, not a costume.
But once her photos hit X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok, the blowback came fast.
Why Julia says it wasn’t “just a costume”
After the backlash, Julia didn’t stay silent. She doubled down.
In a follow-up shared to Instagram Stories and later quoted by People, Fox explained her reasoning: Jackie’s blood-stained suit, she said, wasn’t a symbol of horror — it was a symbol of power. Jackie famously refused to change her clothes after her husband’s assassination, telling aides, “Let them see what they’ve done.”
Julia argued that by channeling that exact image, she was “turning pain into armor,” using fashion as a reminder of resilience in the face of violence.
Still, for many, that interpretation didn’t soften the blow. Some users — and even Jackie Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg — slammed the look as “disgusting” and “desperate.”
And that’s where the debate really caught fire.
The costume that reopened an old American wound
It’s been 62 years since that dark day in Dallas. But for anyone who’s seen the black-and-white footage, the pink suit isn’t just clothing — it’s a living artifact of grief.
That’s why the National Archives keeps Jackie’s real suit sealed away in storage, preserved exactly as it was, blood stains and all. To some, Julia’s version felt like glamorizing trauma. To others, it was a reminder that women’s pain — even in history — is often packaged, silenced, or aestheticized.
Entertainment Weekly described Fox’s costume as an act of “weaponizing image and grace,” pointing out how she’s long blurred the lines between fashion, protest, and performance. It’s the same instinct that’s made her a cult figure among fans who love her unfiltered, fearless energy.
Was it too much this time? That depends on who you ask.
Julia Fox and her brand of shock artistry
Let’s be honest — shock is Julia’s love language. From walking New York streets in a condom top to serving as her own stylist at the Met Gala, she’s built a reputation for turning taboos into statements.
This time, though, she didn’t just poke at the line. She dressed in it.
It’s also worth noting the timing — her costume dropped just weeks before the anniversary of JFK’s assassination (November 22, 1963). That eerie overlap might have added to the discomfort, even if unintentional.
But for Julia, timing and discomfort are part of the point. She’s said before that her work — whether through fashion or art — is about confronting what we hide from. And love it or hate it, that’s exactly what this moment did.
Fans are split — and that’s exactly how she likes it
Scroll through the comments under her post and you’ll find everything from “queen of fearless fashion” to “this is sick.”
Some users praised her for “turning trauma into art.” Others urged her to apologize. A few even pointed out that the controversy says more about us — the audience — than about Julia herself.
Because that’s the paradox of Julia Fox: she’s both artist and agitator, muse and mirror. Every time she steps out, she’s testing how far we’ll follow her into discomfort.
And clearly, we’re still following.
Julia Fox has always said she’s not here to please anyone — and Halloween 2025 proved it. Her Jackie Kennedy costume wasn’t meant to be pretty or easy to digest. It was meant to sting, provoke, and spark conversation.
And in that sense, it worked. Whether you saw bravery or bad taste, Julia reminded everyone that fashion, like history, still has the power to make us feel something.
Maybe that’s her real costume: the one who refuses to play it safe.
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