Something to Prove: A Biography of Ann Lowe America's Forgotten Designer: With Black and White Photographs

by Julia Faye Dockery Smith and Julia Faye Smith

Book Overview

For any designer, designing the wedding dress to be worn by Jacqueline Bouvier, future First Lady of the United States, for her marriage to John F. Kennedy would be a lifetime achievement. For Ann Lowe, it became a statement. The iconic gown would become the most photographed wedding gown in American history proving that (in Ann's own words), "a Negro can become a major dress designer."Years earlier, as the sun rose on the morning of Ann's birth,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532981333
• ISBN13: 9781532981333
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"