{"id":156408,"date":"2026-03-07T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156408\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:36:14","slug":"owner-of-carolyn-bessette-kennedys-fave-nyc-vintage-shop-shares-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/156408\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy&#8217;s fave NYC vintage shop shares all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her fashion sense will never go out of style \u2014 especially at this Manhattan store.<\/p>\n<p>A SoHo vintage shop went viral this week for revealing that Carolyn Bessette Kennedy shopped there in the \u201990s \u2014 and it was the fashion icon\u2019s go-to for her signature Levi\u2019s jeans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatgoesaroundnyc.com\/en-us\/new-arrivals?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_campaign=BRD_Search&amp;utm_content=144237453075&amp;utm_term=what%20goes%20around%20comes%20around%20brand&amp;gadid=634524852436&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=18905951660&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADLTz_8J9BtfQ_6DcCK0OZsbKIDt-&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAk6rNBhCxARIsAN5mQLscyfYxZOMX2fXOQmfOlCqFUmmfbq1ZUxNNtAt9av7wjV1hL6wx6qIaAvseEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">What Goes Around Comes Around\u2019s<\/a> West Broadway location was just an eight minute walk from the Tribeca loft Carolyn shared with her husband, John F. Kennedy Jr., so she stopped in every couple of months to browse its collection. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was just so very polite and so sweet. She was just really respectful, none of the kind of type of attitude you might expect from someone in their position,\u201d the store\u2019s CEO and co-founder Seth Weisser told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Bessette Kennedy shopped at What Goes Around Comes Around and particularly loved the vintage shop\u2019s Levi\u2019s jeans. Lawrence Schwartzwald<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe bought a lot of Levi\u2019s from us because Levi\u2019s was the go-to for every \u2018It Girl\u2019 and still is. She was early in that appreciation of what that was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So when it came time to dress Sarah Pidgeon, the actress who plays Carolyn in the FX and Hulu miniseries \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/28\/us-news\/love-story-production-designer-dishes-on-paparazzi-frenzy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. &amp; Carolyn Bessette<\/a>,\u201d Weisser was called upon to collaborate with the show\u2019s costume department to find vintage pieces that fit Carolyn\u2019s classic style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey came in and bought some jeans and some Tom Ford pieces from the Gucci era,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pidgeon has countless costume changes on the series, which airs its finale on March 26, so Weisser has found it difficult to distinguish which articles of clothing are from his store.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of wardrobe and the pieces are a little bit simple. I\u2019ve seen her in Levi\u2019s. I\u2019m presuming they could be our Levi\u2019s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Pidgeon, who plays Carolyn in \u201cLove Story,\u201d wore jeans in many scenes including this one, where her character goes to the Kennedy\u2019s Hyannis Port compound for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Carolyn purchased different styles of jeans, their bootcut Levi\u2019s 517 \u2014 which range from $150 to $750 \u2014 were her favorites, Weisser, a Long Island native, said.<\/p>\n<p>The blonde beauty also bought gowns for the many events she attended with her other half, \u201cto have a dress at the ball that nobody else was showing up in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was very smart in terms of like, she was being photographed all the time, so got cool pieces that wouldn\u2019t be ones that anybody could go run around the block and buy at Bloomingdales,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn worked at Calvin Klein for close to a decade until she quit in 1996, the year she married John, so was ahead of her time when it came to vintage.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started our business, vintage was not what vintage is today,\u201d said Weisser, who opened What Goes Around Comes Around in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Although John F. Kennedy Jr. never came inside What Goes Around Comes Around, its CEO and founder Seth Weisser believes he once sat on the store\u2019s steps waiting for Carolyn. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fashion industry was our first customer group. So her coming from Calvin, she knew the value of vintage and was always really appreciative of what we did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn shopped alone or with friends, and while Weisser did not recall JFK Jr. ever coming inside, he may once have waited outside for her to finishing her shopping spree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like one time they were together walking the dog, and I feel like he didn\u2019t come in, but he was sitting on my stairs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>What Goes Around Comes Around\u2019s West Broadway location opened in 1993. Courtesy of \tWhat Goes Around Comes Around<\/p>\n<p>Weisser has since expanded the business to include locations on Wooster Street and in Beverly Hills, and works with countless celebrity clients \u2014 such as Lenny Kravitz, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, the Beckham family, and Kendall Jenner.<\/p>\n<p>He said Carolyn was an influencer way before social media even existed \u2014 and is partly responsible for the store\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was an early influencer of fashion trends by going against what was being offered from the mainstream fashion [world],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough word of mouth was how our business grew so organically. So through her friends and her social circles, because she was wearing cool pieces, she told people about us and it was part of how we\u2019ve grown to last as long as we have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Her fashion sense will never go out of style \u2014 especially at this Manhattan store. 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