“Wearing little makeup and no jewelry,” the Times reported, “the 47-year-old Mrs. Onassis said she felt no longing for the opulent clothes and lifestyle of the Russian nobility. ‘You love to see it, the way you love to see “Gone With the Wind,” ’ she mused, leaning back in her chair, chewing a shortbread cookie. ‘But wouldn’t you rather wear your blue jeans than wander around in a hoop skirt?’”

