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Ann Cole Lowe (December 14, 1898 – February 25, 1981) was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Lowe’s designs were popular among upper-class women for five decades from the 1920s through the 1960s. She was best known for designing the ivory silk taffeta wedding dress Jacqueline Bouvier wore when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953.
Early life
Lowe was born in rural Clayton, Alabama in 1898 to Jane and Jack Lowe. She was the great-granddaughter of an enslaved woman and an Alabama plantation owner. She had an older sister, Sallie. Ann attended school in Alabama until she dropped out at the age of 14. Lowe’s interest in fashion, sewing, and designing came from her mother Janey, and grandmother Georgia, both of whom were seamstresses. They ran a dressmaking business that was often frequented by the first families of Montgomery and other members of high society. Lowe’s mother died when Lowe was 16 years old. At this time, Lowe took over the family business.
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