Ann Lowe

Fashion Designer

Birthday November 21, 1898

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Clayton, AL

DEATH DATE Mar 20, 1981 (82)

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About

African-American fashion designer most known for designing Jacqueline Bouvier's wedding dress to John Kennedy.

Before Fame

When she was 14, she began studying design at a Fashion school in New York City. She began working in the industry shortly thereafter.

Trivia

She lost an eye due to Glaucoma, but continued designing for the brand Madeline Couture through the 1960s.

Family Life

She was the great granddaughter of a slave and a plantation owner.

Associated With

She designed the dress Olivia de Havilland wore to receive her Best Actress Oscar for the film To Each His Own.