Remembering Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy's younger sister

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Lee Radziwill, the younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Carole Radziwill's mother-in-law, "Real Housewives of New York City," died at the age of 85.

The American citizen, born Caroline Lee Bouvier, briefly worked as an actress (promoted by her friend Truman Capote), interior architect and, successfully, brand ambassador and public relations manager for Giorgio Armani, according to Women & # Wear Watch Daily.

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Portrait of American princess Lee Radziwill, Jaqueline Kennedy's sister, sitting on a couch in the 1960s (photo from Express Newspapers / Getty Images).

Our 1941 photo shows: Mrs. Lee Bouvier, center, and her two daughters, Lee, on the left, and Jacqueline, on the right, descending East Hampton and One Gracie Square, N.Y.C. (AP-Photo)

Senator John Kennedy, D-Mass., And his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, see his sister, Mrs. Lee Bouvier Canfield, carrying their 15-day-old daughter at her baptism at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York 13, 1957. On the left, Senator's brother, Robert Kennedy, plays the role of godfather. Third on the left, Stephen Smith, Senator's brother-in-law. The Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cushing, christened the baby, named Caroline. (AP Photo)

Actor Farley Granger and actress Lee Bouvier, better known as Princess Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy's sister, are photographed in a scene from David Susskin's new television production, Laura, filmed at London October 26, 1967. The production also starring Robert Stack and George Sanders, switches to US television in December. (AP Photo)

Young Jacqueline Bouvier standing by Caroline Lee Bouvier in a pram

Mrs. John F. Kennedy and her sister Mrs. Michael T. Canfield, formerly Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier, seated on leaning chairs. Jacqueline Kennedy is wearing a striped sweater ensemble and Lee Canfield (later Radziwill) is wearing a white sweater ensemble. (Photo by Horst P. Horst / Condé Nast via Getty Images)

The Bouvier sisters, Mrs. John F. Kennedy (born Jacqueline Bouvier) and Mrs. Michael Canfield (born Caroline Lee Bouvier), at the Franco-American ball, at the Waldorf Astoria, in New York. (Photo by Nick De Morgoli / Condé Nast via Getty Images)

Jacqueline Bouvier (later Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis), seated, with her sister Caroline Lee Bouvier, standing behind her, dressed in a ball gown. (Photo of Cecil Beaton / Condé Nast via Getty Images)

UNSPECIFIED – OCTOBER 01: Jacqueline Bouvier (future Jackie Kennedy) and her sister Caroline Lee Bouvier (Lee Radziwill) in Venice, 1951 (photo by Apic / Getty Images)

UNSPECIFIED: Caroline Lee Bouvier (Lee Radziwill) and her sister Jacqueline Bouvier (future Jackie Kennedy) on September 15, 1951 on a boat to return to the United States after their trip to Europe (photo by Apic / Getty Images)

August 10, 1962: Princess Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy's sister, with her young son Anthony Radziwill (1959 – 1999) in Ravello. Prince Radziwill walks behind his wife on the right. (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images)

Lee Radziwill (picture by Ron Galella / WireImage)

(Original caption) The nation's first lady, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill (right), leave the Carlyle Hotel here on March 20 to attend a reception. Mrs. Kennedy is in town for a few days to shop and eventually buy antiques for the White House.

(Original caption) Prince and Princess Stanislaus Radziwill (President Kennedy's brother-in-law) board their plane to London. The princess was in New York to spend four days with her sister, Mrs. Kennedy, shopping and attending ballet.

Second day of US President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie's visit to London, England. The President and his wife leave the London home of Princess Lee Radziwill, sister of Jackie Kennedy, for the baptism of the niece of the first lady, Anna Christina Radziwill. June 5, 1961. (Photo by Terry Fincher / Mirrorpix / Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Jackie Kennedy and Princess Lee Radziwill are walking the streets of London.

Portrait of Princess Lee Radziwill, voted one of the best-dressed women in the world for 1962 in the annual international fashion survey.

(Original caption) Spain: Jackie Kennedy is shown at Amalfi Pier, en route to Conca dei Marini beach by motor boat, and back from Amalfi to Ravello Villa.

The first lady, Jackie Kennedy, attends a performance of A Funny Thing on the way to the forum at the Alvin Theater in New York. She is accompanied by Clayton Fritshie, Prince Stanislas Radziwill and Princess Lee Radziwill, his sister. | Location: Alvin Theater, New York, New York, United States.

Princess Lee Radziwill, Jacqueline Kennedy's sister, and her children Anthony and Anna Christina arrive for the children's dance morning at Shaftesbury Theater, London, on July 9, 1965. (Photo by George Freston / Fox Photos / Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 28: Lee Radziwill at the BW Truman Capote Ball on November 28, 1966 in New York, New York. (Photo by Santi Visalli / Getty Images)

Lee Radziwill in the Turqueries Hall of his house in London, leaning over a stone statue depicting a lion's head. (Photo of Cecil Beaton / Condé Nast via Getty Images)

NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 28: Lee Radziwill posing for a photo on November 28, 1966 in New York, New York. (Photo by Santi Visalli / Getty images)

Princess Lee Radziwill (Lee Bouvier), sister of Jacqueline Kennedy at the Savoy Hotel in London. She is in England to star in a TV movie "Laura" produced by David Susskind. (Photo by Dennis Oulds / Getty Images)

Princess Lee Radziwill wears a tweed skirt, which allows her to breathe while sitting on the wooden shelf of her room. (Photo by Pierre Boulat / The LIFE / Getty Images Collection)

Truman Capote Trilogy – Princess Lee Radziwill attended the screening of Truman Capote's trilogy, Four Seasons. Later, she remembered Capote at a reception that followed the screening. November 07, 1969. (Photo by William N. Jacobellis / New York Post / Photo Archives, LLC via Getty Images)

Lee Radziwill and Jackie Onassis during the observation after leaving the performance at the Alvin Theater – May 11, 1970 at the Alvin Theater in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Portrait of Princess Lee Radziwill in front of a mirror at the Turville Barn near Buckinghamshire, England. (Photo by Horst P. Horst / Condé Nast via Getty Images)

Lee Radziwill (picture by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Lee Radziwill and Peter Tufo at the opening of "Kennedy's Children" at the Royal Theater in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Lee Radziwill (picture by Ron Galella / WireImage)

The socialites Lee Radziwell and Jean Tailert attending the "Pierre Cardin Party" on October 6, 1980 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 3: Lee Radziwell attends the first annual Guild Awards on December 3, 1985 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

EAST HAMPTON, NY – AUGUST 11: Lee Radziwill and Herb Ross attend the screening of "Women and Men – Stories of Seduction" on August 11, 1990 at East Hampton Cinema in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

P364701 01: (EXCLUSIVE) Lee Radziwill on Madison Avenue in New York, February 17, 2000. (photo by Arnaldo Magnani)

NEW YORK – OCTOBER 20: (OUT ITALY, NY NEWSPAPER, NY NEWSDAY OUT) Lee Rayziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is on Madison Avenue on October 20, 2005 in New York. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani / Getty Images)

Prince Wenceslas of Liechenstein and Princess Lee Radziwill at Sean Connery and Micheline Roquebrune on the occasion of the 30th anniversary celebration of Groussay Castle. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / Getty Images)

NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 18: (OUT ITALY, NY DAILY NEWS OUT, JOURNAL OUT) Lee Radziwill is seen walking on Madison Avenue on November 18, 2010 in New York. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani / Getty Images)

NEW YORK – MAY 11: Lee Radziwill attends the Lighthouse International POSH Fashion Sale Launch Dinner at the Oak Room on May 11, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard / Getty Images)

Radziwill, a slender and elegant figure, was an integral part of the New York social scene in the 1960s and 1970s and attended the famous Capote black and white ball dressed in a silver and white shiny column gown, one of his style choices.

His purchases in New York and Paris were followed closely and reported by the fashion press. She would have slipped Givenchy to the White House for her sister at a time when it was verboten to wear anything other than American stylists.

Daughter of Janet Norton Lee and John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III, she was considered "pretty" next to her older sister, Jackie, and quickly became a style icon among the jet set. She married three times: first with Michael Canfield, in a canceled wedding, then with real estate developer and aristocrat Prince Stanislas "Stas" Radziwill, with whom she had two children, Anthony and Anna Christina , and finally with director Herb Ross. His second and third marriages ended in divorce, and his son died of cancer in 1999, shortly after the death of his nephew, John F. Kennedy Jr., in a plane crash.

Designers and fashion actors have paid tribute to the style icon, including Tory Burch who tweeted, "We are sorry and our dear friend will be missed, stay in peace, Lee Radziwill."

On the accompanying photo, which was featured in T Magazine, Radziwill is photographed in her Paris apartment, but she also kept a home in New York, where she died Friday.

Radziwill will be remembered as a fashionable, witty and elegant woman, embodying the avant-garde excitement of her time.

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(Original caption) Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the president, smiles as she leaves the jet plane at Idlewild airport that brought her back to the United States on her flight from Athens, Greece. She immediately left for Washington, DC, in the Kennedy private plane.

(Original caption) Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (center) seems to enjoy her holidays on these islands as she smiles at a well-meaning woman who lives here on June 9th. Mrs. Kennedy plans to go water skiing and sunbathing like any other tourist.

(Original caption) Jackie and John Kennedy cut their wedding cake in 1953. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC / Sygma via Getty Images)

Jackie Kennedy, wife of US President John F. Kennedy, at home with their daughter Caroline, 1960. (Photo de ï¿½Hulton-Deutsch Collection / CORBIS / Corbis via Getty Images)

Profile portrait of Jackie Kennedy, circa 1960. (Photo by REPORTERS ASSOCIES Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Around 1960: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929 – 1994), wife of US President John F Kennedy and, after the assassination of Kennedy, tycoon of the Greek expedition Aristotle Onassis. (Photo by MPI / Getty Images)

Senator John F. Kennedy sits next to his wife Jackie in Hyannisport. Kennedy is about to embark on an election tour for the presidential elections.

Jackie Kennedy. October 14, 1960. (Photo by William N. Jacobellis / New York Post Archives / (c) NYP Holdings, Inc. via Getty Images)

December 10, 1960: Jackie Kennedy (1929 – 1994), wife of US President-elect John F Kennedy with his son John Kennedy Jr (1960 – 1999). (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images)

Frank Sinatra escorting Jacqueline Kennedy to his box during a gala held at the National Guard's Armory in Washington DC the night before the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on January 19, 1961. The gala was held was organized by Sinatra to help pay for the Kennedy and Democratic Party's debt campaign. (Photo by GAB Archive / Redferns)

President-elect John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, applaud at a gala before the inauguration on January 19, 1960.

Jackie Kennedy and Nina Chruschtschowa meet at the reception and grand dinner at the Schönbrunn Palace during the two-day summit between Presidents John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna. Schönbrunn. Wien 13. 3. June 1961. Photography. (Photo by Votava / Imagno / Getty Images)

Second day of US President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie's visit to London, England. Jacqueline Kennedy leaves the home of her sister Princess Lee Radziwill in London for the baptism of her niece Anna Christina Radziwill. June 5, 1961. (Photo by Daily Herald / Mirrorpix / Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Nikita Khrushchev and Jackie Kennedy share a moment of light at the Vienna Summit between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Khrushchev, Vienna, Austria, June 1961. (Photo Underwood Archives / Getty Images)

(Original caption) Ms. Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) calls an acquaintance among the reporters as she is greeted by Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy today in the White House. The First Lady and her predecessor, who are honorary co-chairs of the National Cultural Center, will discuss future plans for the proposed tea center in the Executive Mansion.

June 7, 1961: Jackie Kennedy (1929 – 1994), wife of President John F. Kennedy, boarded a BEA plane at London Airport. His sister Lee Radziwill accompanies him on his flight to Athens. (Photo by Jimmy Sime / Central Press / Getty Images)

(Original caption) Along with the presidents of two North American neighbors, Adolfo Mateos (left) of Mexico and John F. Kennedy, her husband Jacqueline Kennedy, walked away from them here on June 29. The Mexicans were crazy about Jackie. The "vivas" for her were as strong and as fervent as her husband at their triumphal arrival in this ancient Aztec capital. The Kennedys are here for a 48 hour tour.

381091 72: The President and Mrs. Kennedy go on a parade on March 27, 1963 in Washington. (Photo by National Archive / Newsmakers)

(Original caption) Ms. John F. Kennedy bids farewell to the Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United States, Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (right) and Dr. Jose Mora, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, at the time where she left the Pan American Union today. . Ms. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert K. Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy attended the luncheon to discuss the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Project with representatives from Latin America.

(Original caption) President John F. Kennedy applauds his wife's presentation at a breakfast of the Chamber of Commerce on November 22. Later in the day, an assassin firing in the president's car in Dallas hit Texas President and Governor John Connally.

Jackie Kennedy Onassis (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

(Original caption) Mrs. John F. Kennedy speaks with internationally renowned architect Mies Van Der Rohe on 4/12. Architects, designers and artists gathered here to discuss the type and design of the $ 10 million memorial to be erected on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jackie Kennedy and her sons at Gstaad – Jackie and Caroline in Gstaad, Switzerland, January 1966. (Photo of Andre SAS / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

11/6 / 1967- Sihanoukville, Cambodia: Prince Norodom Sihanouk walking on the red carpet with Jackie Kennedy before the dedication of John F. Kennedy Boulevard.

October 18, 1968: Aristotle Onassis (1906 – 1975), tycoon of the Merchant Navy and his wife Jackie (Bouvier Kennedy, 1929 – 1994). (Photo of Central Press / Getty Images)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis during the observations of Jackie Onassis and Ari Onassis on the Basque Coast – October 6, 1969 at the restaurant La Cote Basque in New York, New York State, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis during Jackie Kenendy Onassis' observation – on January 1, 1970 at The Basque Coast in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis at Jackie Onassis at JFK Airport – March 1, 1970 at JFK Airport in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis (Nina Ricci sunglasses, Gucci bag) in Paris, leaving the hotel Crillon, March 19, 1970. (Photo by RDA / Getty Images)

Caroline Kennedy and Jackie Onassis at the Royal Ballet performing "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, New York, USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Onassis (1929 – 1994), widow of US President John F Kennedy and wife of the Armenian shipowner of Greek origin Aristotle Onassis, leaving the Claridges Hotel in London. She wears a safari-style jacket over flared low-rise pants and a polo-neck jersey. (Photo by Ted West / Getty Images)

Jackie Onassis at Jackie Kennedy and family shopping in Capri – August 24, 1970 in Capri, Italy. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Onassis, Joe Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy at the funeral of Cardinal Cushing in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis during Jackie Onassis at Caroline Kennedy's Dinner School – November 11, 1970 at The Basque Coast in New York, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Onassis (Photo by Tom Wargacki / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy (picture by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Jackie Onassis, Caroline Kennedy, Rose Kennedy and Ted Kennedy (photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

Washington, D.C. May 14, 1976. Jackie Onassis and Alexandrje Orfila at the Kennedy Center (Photo by Tom Wargacki / WireImage)

Jackie Onassis at Caroline Kennedy's graduation party on June 6, 1973 at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport, United States. (Photo by Tom Wargacki / WireImage)

Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Ethel Kennedy at the RFK Pro Celebrity Tennis Tournament – August 23, 1975 at Forest Hills Stadium in New York, New York, USA. (Photo by Ron Galella / WireImage)

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