{"id":217046,"date":"2025-08-13T14:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=217046"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:44:32","slug":"the-story-behind-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessettes-iconic-wedding-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/the-story-behind-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessettes-iconic-wedding-rings","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette\u2019s\u00a0Iconic\u00a0Wedding Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On September 21, 1996, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette married in a quiet ceremony on Georgia\u2019s Cumberland Island, surrounded by around thirty of their closest family members and friends. Among those in attendance was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gogojewelry.com\/pages\/test-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gogo Ferguson<\/a>, a jewelry designer and longtime friend of the couple who had played a central role in bringing their hush-hush nuptials to life. <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/feature\/inside-cumberland-island-home-gogo-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ferguson grew up on the island<\/a>  and moved back in the late 1980s after attending art school, and when Kennedy and Bessette expressed their desire to host their wedding there\u2014and for Ferguson to design their rings for the ceremony\u2014she didn\u2019t hesitate. \u201cJohn was a dear friend, so I agreed to help with their wedding at my family\u2019s inn on Cumberland Island and I designed their gold wedding rings,\u201d Ferguson says. \u201cWe could give them one precious thing and that was their privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-weddings big weddings-nov25\"><div class=\"weddings-grid\"><div class=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/order.emags.com\/gg_weddings?source=inline\" aria-label=\"Click to get your copy.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/weddings-snowy-cover-nov25.gif\" width=\"648\" height=\"782\" alt=\"G&amp;G Weddings digital edition cover\"><\/a><\/div><div class=\"right\"><div class=\"flex\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"big-title\"><span class=\"nowrap\">G&amp;G Weddings<\/span> <span class=\"nowrap\">Now Available!<\/span><\/div><div class=\"dek\">Get our special digital issue and celebrate the big day in Southern style<\/div><div><a href=\"https:\/\/order.emags.com\/gg_weddings?source=inline\" class=\"button button-primary\">Get Your Copy<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>While the couple is widely remembered for their tragic deaths in a plane crash just three years into their marriage, JFK Jr. was already a well-known celebrity by the mid-nineties. A lawyer, journalist, socialite, and the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy, he proposed to Bessette\u2014then an executive for Calvin Klein and a fashion icon in her own right\u2014with a sapphire and diamond band allegedly inspired by one of his mother\u2019s everyday rings, which she called her \u201cswimming ring.\u201d When Ferguson began creating the wedding band, she looked to Bessette\u2019s signature minimalist style. \u201cThey both wanted something very, very simple,\u201d Ferguson says. \u201c[Bessette] loved simple designs, and she didn\u2019t need much because she was so beautiful.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Ferguson had one rule when designing jewelry, then as now: \u201cI\u2019m not interested in doing just a plain wedding band. That\u2019s not adventurous at all,\u201d she says. \u201cIt has to be something from Gogo and something from nature.\u201d Her pieces have included armadillo shells, shark vertebrae, and sea urchins, all inspired by the wildness of her home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rattelsnake-ring.jpeg\" alt=\"A rattlesnake-shaped ring\" class=\"wp-image-217048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rattelsnake-ring.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rattelsnake-ring-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/rattelsnake-ring-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: courtesy of Gogo Ferguson<\/div><div class=\"caption\">A rattlesnake rib ring by Gogo Ferguson, similar to the design she created for Kennedy and Bessette in 1996. <\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Kennedys she designed matching gold rings cast from the rib of a rattlesnake and inscribed with their initials and the wedding date, which paired beautifully with the champagne slip dress by Narciso Rodriguez&nbsp;that Bessette wore at the wedding. Even in the bustle of Lower Manhattan, where the couple lived together, and in the ever-present spotlight of the paparazzi, the nature-inspired rings could remind them of their low-key, joy-filled weekend beneath Cumberland\u2019s live oaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"431\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gogo-wedding-rings-431x1100.jpg\" alt=\"A series of wedding rings\" class=\"wp-image-217049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gogo-wedding-rings-431x1100.jpg 431w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gogo-wedding-rings-118x300.jpg 118w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gogo-wedding-rings-470x1200.jpg 470w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gogo-wedding-rings.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: courtesy of Gogo Ferguson<\/div><div class=\"caption\">A few other wedding rings that Ferguson has created for clients over the years. \n<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Ferguson still crafts custom rings for couples, working closely with them to decide which metals to use or whether to incorporate family stones. (Her own wedding ring, too, melds heirloom and environment; a rattlesnake rib wraps around a diamond from her great-great-grandmother, Lucy Carnegie.) And while she also designs necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and even tableware, there will always be something special to her about wedding bands. \u201cIt\u2019s really heartwarming\u2014whether it\u2019s John and Carolyn or anyone\u2014when someone comes to me because they appreciate my designs enough to incorporate it into something they\u2019re going to wear for the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-9079115\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2330933\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2726659\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewelry designer Gogo Ferguson recalls creating the rings that nodded not only to the couple\u2019s love for each other but to the beauty of Cumberland Island, Georgia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":217047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-08-13T18:03:42Z","apple_news_api_id":"9057cc0c-0454-40b6-9273-291e4ee549c2","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-08-13T23:45:21Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AkFfMDARUQLaScykeTuVJwg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1784,2400],"tags":[29991,30572,19,29623,867,30600],"authors":[17840],"issue":[],"recipe-type":[],"class_list":["post-217046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-style-fashion","tag-culture","tag-gg-weddings","tag-georgia","tag-history","tag-style","tag-weddings","authors-caroline-sanders-clements"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Story Behind John F. 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