#GAReads | Why Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer was fashion's 'best kept secret'

Jackie Kennedy on her wedding day in 1953

“Why Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer was fashion's 'best kept secret'“:

Jackie’s dress, with its classic portrait neckline and bouffant skirt embellished with wax flowers, went on to become one of the most iconic wedding gowns in history, but, decades later, [Ann] Lowe would die broke and unknown at age 82.

Now, the country’s first black high-fashion designer is finally getting her due. Three Lowe gowns are on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s new National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, DC.

Read Raquel Laneri’s full article at New York Post here…

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