Glamour and Innovation: Ann Lowe
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Dressmaker, seamstress, couturier, and “America’s best kept secret,” Ann Lowe was born in Clayton, Alabama in 1917. Lowe (nee Cole) learned dressmaking from her mother and grandmother, as they were both accomplished seamstresses in their own right, and created garments for many of the wealthy families of Georgia. As a child, Lowe would accompany them and sew left over fabric scraps into hearts, a motif that remained in her dress designs well into adulthood. After earning her diploma from New York’s S.T. Taylor Design School (the school was segregated at the time and Lowe was separated from her peers), Lowe became the lead seamstress for a dress shop in Tampa, Florida, saving enough money to open three dress shops in New York City. Lowe specialized in eveningwear, debutante gowns, and day dresses for the social elite. News of Lowe’s exceptional work and intricate designs reached the Bouvier family, and it was not long before Jacqueline Bouvier visited Lowe’s dressmaking shop to order her wedding dress and the dresses for her bridesmaids. Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress is one of the best remembered wedding dresses of all time.
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