We know about about Ann Lowe/Jacqueline Bouvier and the famous Wedding dress. You only have to Google those 2 names to find out....but what about the Designer Anne Cole Lowe, born 1898 (same year my Grandfather was born). She died 1981. During her active years as a designer, she did created gowns for the rich and still stood in the shadows...and still managed to leave an extraordinary legacy. Below some links to give you some context Ann Cole Lowe Biography Written By Elaine Nichols with research assistance by Alexis Dixon
https://nmaahc.si.edu/biography/ann-lowe
Mike Douglas Interview: • Ann Lowe on MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW
Her Story: Ann Lowe (this is just cute):http://shemadehistory.com/her-story-ann-lowe/
She Made History:http://shemadehistory.com/
More Fashion History: Black Fashion History Podcast: https://www.blackfashionhistory.com/
This is the home of Zora Neale Hurston when she lived in St. Augustine, Florida.
While in St. Augustine Florida, we visited the space where Zora Neale Hurston wrote, Dust Tracks on a Road (you can find it here https://shorturl.at/ijxNS) Ms. Hurston (1891-1960) was an anthropologist, educator, and a writer. You can read more about her here, https://shorturl.at/wIL23
At Brooklyn Bridge Park, on any weekend, or even any beautiful day, you will see a wedding. This wedding party didn't seem to mind me taking photos......from a distance of course.
If you don't know Madame Grés here something to start you off.
I remember when I was a student in FIT, hearing about Madame Grés. Then I saw them in person at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.The drape, the pleating, the creativity, it left me awestruck. Then you hear her story. She was a couturier designer with her own house, and then when the German's occupied Paris, that's when her needle to show them (the Nazi's) what she was made of.
Read and see more here: Madame Grés:
The Art of Draping: https://shorturl.at/pAEL6
Wikipedia: Madame Grés
The dress with the Star of David: https://shorturl.at/cFLM5
I gave myself an assignment. I wanted to make a dress that honors The Lovings. Mildred was Black and Native American, and Richard was white. They had married in 1958 in Washington, D.C., where interracial marriage was legal. But on returning home to Virginia, they were arrested, jailed and barred from the state for 25 years for violating the state's Racial Integrity Act. The Supreme Court's unanimous 1967 ruling in Loving v. Virginia overturned the couple's conviction – and nullified anti-miscegenation laws in Virginia and more than a dozen other states. Interracial marriage was now legal in every state in the union. I decided to make a dress for June 12, which is now Loving Day. June 8, 2023 June...
