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By her own design : a novel of Ann Lowe, fashion designer to the social register / Piper Huguley.

by Huguley, Piper.

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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.

Lowe, Ann Cole, 1898-1981 -- Fiction.

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 -- Marriage -- Fiction.

Fashion designers, Black -- Fiction.

Wedding costume -- Fiction.

Women dressmakers -- Fiction.

Women, Black -- Fiction.

9780063059740 (trade pbk)

367, 7 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes P.S. Insights, Interviews & More...

"The incredible untold story of Ann Lowe, Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress designer, a Black woman who made some of the most famous dresses of all time, only to be forgotten by history. 1953, New York City. Less than a week before the society wedding of the year where Jacqueline Bouvier will marry John F. Kennedy, a pipe bursts at Ann Lowe's dress shop and ruins eleven dresses, including the expensive wedding dress, a dress that will be judged by thousands. A Black designer who has fought every step of the way, Ann knows this is only one struggle after a lifetime of them. She and her seamstresses will find the way to re-create the dresses. It may take all day and all night for the next week to accomplish the task, but they will do it. 1918, Tampa. Raised in Jim Crow Alabama, Ann learned the art of sewing from her mother and her grandmother, a former slave, who are the most talented seamstresses in the state. After Ann elopes at twelve with an older man who soon proves himself to be an abusive alcoholic, her dreams of becoming a celebrated designer seem to be put on hold. But then a wealthy Tampa socialite sees Ann's talent and offers her an amazing opportunity -- the chance to sew and design clothing for Florida's society elite. Taking her young son in the middle of the night, Ann escapes her husband and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime."--Publisher.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

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