Black Bridal Designers

By Danielle Braff Oct. 7, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET

Black bridal designers have been at the forefront of innovation in the bridal fashion industry for years, yet many of them have failed to receive the recognition that they deserve. 

Ann Cole Lowe (1898-1981)
ANN COLE LOWE (1898-1981)

Most famously, when Ann Lowe, a Black woman who created gowns for debutantes and society brides, designed Jacqueline Bouvier’s gown for her wedding to John F. Kennedy in 1953, Ms. Bouvier described the designer as “a colored dressmaker” rather than offering her name. Read HERE.

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