Kick Kennedy

White cotton tank top by ASSEMBLY NEW YORK, teal lambskin leather mini-skirt by AMERICAN APPAREL, and black gold nérée earrings set with diamonds by REPOSSI

Robert F. Kennedy’s eldest granddaughter

text by SABINE HELLER
portrait by MAGNUS UNNAR
style by MASHA ORLOV
make-up by SARA GLICK

STEPHANIE MCDERMOTT, set producer
CHLOE PECORINO, stylist’s assistant

 

Kick Kennedy was born into the heart of America’s greatest and most troubled family legacy. With a defiantly carefree — almost reckless — attitude and a voice made husky by plenty of cigarette smoke, the 24-year-old challenges our preconceptions of the traditional Kennedy lady. Or perhaps she doesn’t. After all, Kick was named for another Kennedy original: her rebellious late great-aunt Kathleen, who opposed her Catholic family by marrying an Anglican lord. Whatever the case, Kick prefers spending her time in grungy dive bars on the Lower East Side, playing…