Name/Title
Something to prove : Ann Cole Lowe, America's forgotten designerEntry/Object ID
TT505.L69.S6 2016Description
"For any designer, designing the wedding dress to be worn by Jacqueline Bouvier, future First Lady of the United States, for her marriage to John F. Kennedy would be a lifetime achievement. But for Ann Lowe, it became a statement. The iconic dress would become the most photographed wedding dress in American history proving that (in Ann's own words), "a Negro can become a major dress designer." Years earlier, as the sun rose on the morning of Ann's birth, no one in the small town of Clayton, Alabama could have dreamed of the heights she would achieve for she was born a squirming, scrawny, little black girl in the Jim Crow South, but from an early age she recognized her dreams. Her path would not be easy, and any success she might have was certain to be achieved only with steadfast effort and fortitude on her part. Armed with a great inner strength and natural talent, she rose above all obstacles and forged her own future. When she designed and produced Jacqueline Bouvier's wedding dress, very few knew her name. No one but her staff knew of the disaster that preceded the delivery of that now-historic wedding dress to the home of the bride. Even fewer knew that she was the granddaughter of a former slave. Even today, few know her story." -- BOOK COVERLexicon
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african american fashion designers, fashion designers--united states--history, women fashion designers--united statesBook Details
Author
Julia Faye SmithPublisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformDate Published
2016ISBN
9781532909306, 1532909306, 9781532981333, 1532981333LCCN
2017302494Notes
Length: 157General Notes
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ContentsNote
Part I: Alabama. Georgia Tompkins -- Free Blacks -- General Cole -- Clayton, Alabama -- The Cole Family after Slavery -- Jane Cole Lowe -- Ann Cole Lowe -- The Cole-Lowe Women in Montgomery, Alabama -- The Cole-Lowe Women and the First Ladies of Alabama -- Part II: Florida. Tampa -- Gasparilla -- Part III: New York and Beyond. New York City -- The Oscars -- Ann Lowe Designs -- The Most Photographed Wedding Dress in American History -- Debutantes and More -- Disasters Not Averted -- AK-SAR-BEN -- Ann, Mike Douglas, and the 1960's -- The American Beauty -- An Unusual Assignment -- Swan Song -- The Later Years -- Epilogue. Ann in Her Own Words -- What Others Say about Ann -- Ann Lives On.