As the autumn/winter 2019 fashion show season comes to a close, on the heels of recent controversies involving high fashion brands and their use of racist imagery, NBCBLK takes a look at a few black fashion designers to remember.
, and stories of many trailblazing creatives of color have not been spoken about much. Jackie Kennedy and John F. Kennedy leave St. Mary's Church after their wedding ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island, on Sept. 12, 1953.Ann Cole Lowe was born in Clayton, Alabama, in 1898.
After the sudden death of her mother — a seamstress who ran a successful boutique a few miles south in Montgomery — Lowe, at 16 years old, began to complete the commissions her mother had left behind, including one for the first lady of Alabama.She moved to New York City in pursuit of owning her own boutique. During the post-war years, Lowe found her niche seaming cotillion gowns, with her signature design of intricate satin flowers.
Her success led her to open two boutiques: Ann Lowe’s Gowns in Harlem, New York, in 1950, and Ann Lowe’s Originals on Madison Avenue in 1968, making Lowe the. Her most famous design is the wedding dress Jackie Bouvier wore the day she married then-Sen. John F. Kennedy. Lowe’s work, often uncredited, was featured in magazines such as Vogue, and sold in high-end stores, such as Henri Bendel and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Today, her name is rarely mentioned, and she remains one of the many hidden figures of American history.PL Gould / Getty ImagesHe learned to sew when he was in elementary school. In hopes of making it big in fashion, he moved to New York City, where he met a model named Pat Cleveland, who fell in love with his work and told him to move to Paris.
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