Pink suit. Nicole Mary Kelly. 2014.

On a sunny morning in November 1963, President and Mrs Kennedy were greeted by ecstatic crowds in Dallas, Texas. By the end of the day, Mrs Kennedy was a widow, and her bloodstained pink suit had become the emblem of a country’s horrified grief.

Kate is an Irish immigrant working as a seamstress at Chez Nikon, an exclusive manhattan atelier responsible for much of Mrs Kennedy’s wardrobe. Kate and the First Lady share roots on Ireland’s west coast, and although their lives could not be more different, Kate cannot but feel they have a connection. After all, Kate knows every tuck and pleat the beautiful clothes require to create the illusion of physical perfection.

Then comes the dreadful day when pair turns of the suit, spattered with the president’s blood, are beamed across the globe. Kate’s already fragile world, divided between the excess and artistry of Chez Nixon and the traditional values of her Irish neighbourhood, threatens to rip apart.