The Kennedys have endured public fascination for more than 65 years and in the last few years, John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy have once again come back into the limelight with numerous books, countless fashion articles and social media accounts dedicated to the couple.

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“I’d say Carolyn first started coming into the boutique in 1996,” Sui wrote (1996 is also the year she married JFK Jr.). “It was very natural for Carolyn to come in, she was like a fixture in our store. She came in about every 2 months or so.”

On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. boarded a small aircraft with wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren Bessette, intending to fly from New Jersey to Martha’s Vineyard and then on to Cape Cod for his cousin Rory’s wedding;