Sparkly, "fantasy" fairy tale dresses custom-made for Midwestern queens, princesses and countesses. Regal velvet, satin and chiffon couture gowns for New York's high society. An ivory silk taffeta ...

The Black designer was “society’s best-kept secret” until renewed interest in Black fashion history shed some light on one of its pioneers. The Black designer Ann Lowe, who designed from the 1920s ...

Ann Lowe was born in Alabama at the turn of the last century. Her grandfather purchased the freedom of her grandmother and mother. As a girl, Lowe took scraps of fabric from her mother and grandmother ...

In September 1953, Ann Lowe found herself crying in her Harlem studio after a flooding accident ruined 10 of the 15 dresses commissioned by Janet Lee Bouvier Auchincloss for her daughter, Jacqueline’s ...

American fashion’s “best-kept secret” is about to receive a major spotlight thanks to Serena Williams and Ruth Carter. The tennis champion and the legendary costume designer are teaming up to produce ...

Jackie Kennedy wore a silk taffeta gown designed by Ann Lowe when she married President John F. Kennedy in 1953 Jackie Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy married on Sept. 12, 1953 Jackie wore an ...

Jacqueline Kennedy’s ivory silk taffeta wedding dress was one of the most talked-about pieces of clothing of the 20th century. However, not everyone knows that a Black designer created this iconic ...

From Louis Vuitton in the 1850s to Yves Saint Laurent over a century later, some of the biggest names in women’s fashion over the past two centuries have overwhelmingly been white men. That’s not to ...

The Black designer Ann Lowe, who designed from the 1920s through the 1960s for high society families like the Carnegies, Marjorie Merriweather Post, and even Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress when ...