"Love Story, FX's new limited series which premiered February 12, attempts to bring fans into the most intimate spaces inhabited by the late political heir and his savvy, stylish wife. Inspired by Elizabeth Beller's book, Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, the show chronicles one of the late twentieth century's most magnetic couples, with Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon starring in the titular roles,"
"'There's a lot of fairytale vernacular when you talk about the Kennedys,' production designer Alex DiGerlando tells AD, pointing to the persistent 'Camelot' mythology that comes up in conversations surrounding the American political dynasty. The show leans into this: 'The idea [here] is Carolyn being a common person who gets swept up in this world of royalty of sorts.' Most of JFK Jr. and Bessette Kennedy's courtship and subsequent marriage unfolded in New York as a new millennium approached."
Love Story recreates the intimate lives of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in 1990s New York. Production design emphasizes '90s minimalism—classic colors, clean lines, crisp shapes—and maintains a controlled palette while honoring Big Apple's chaos. Furniture and prop choices avoid modern phones, prompting attention to what people carried and how they used their hands. The show leans into Camelot-style fairytale vernacular, portraying Carolyn as an ordinary person swept into a royal-like world. Calvin Klein's NYC headquarters anchors much of the series' visual narrative and style.
Read at Architectural Digest
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