#Janet Auchincloss

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Caroline Kennedy’s graduation from Concord Academy in 1975

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Caroline and John Jr with their grandmother Janet, October 1961🤍

Caroline really looks like Jack here🥹

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Jackie Kennedy and her mom, Janet Auchincloss at Rory's baptism, January 1969.

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Jack Kennedy with Janet, Jackie's half-sister - September 12, 1953

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WARWICK - Mrs. Kennedy Wedding Gown

For Black History Month, I wanted to attempt a gown from one of my favourite African American designers. Ann Lowe was born in Clayton, Alabama in 1898. Ann, who came from a family of seamstresses, had a passion for fashion and dress-making. She would eventually go on to open a dressmaking business which was frequented by many in high society. One of these partons was Janet Lee Auchincloss, who commissioned Ann to design the wedding dress of her daughter, Jacqueline. Jacqueline Bouvier's silk taffeta wedding dress is one of the twentieth century's most recognizable pieces of wedding fashion.

Despite designing gowns for the upper class, Ann was underpaid and neglected throughout her career. I hope to make more of her gowns because she was a talented dressmaker who deserves her flowers.

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Jacqueline Kennedy at the wedding reception of her sister Janet Jennings Auchincloss on July 30th, 1966.

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Lee Radziwill at the state funeral held for President John F. Kennedy on November 24th, 1963.

Also photographed are her mother Janet Auchincloss, step father Hugh D. Auchincloss, and her half brother James Auchincloss.

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➡THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BECOME A NOTED FASHION DESIGNER

Ann Cole Lowe (December 14, 1898 – February 25, 1981) was the first African American to become a noted fashion designer. Lowe's one-of-a-kind designs were a favorite among high society matrons from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was best known for designing the ivory silk taffeta wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Bouvier when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953.

In 1917, Lowe and her son moved to New York City, where she enrolled at S.T. Taylor Design School. As the school was segregated, Lowe was required to attend classes in a room alone. However, segregation did not stop her, and she still managed to rise above her peers in school. Her work was often shown to her white peers in recognition of her outstanding artistry, and she was eligible for graduation after attending school for only half a year. After graduating in 1919, Lowe and her son moved to Tampa, Florida.

The following year, she opened her first dress salon. The salon catered to members of high society and quickly became a success. Having saved $20,000 from her earnings, Lowe returned to New York City in 1928. During the 1950's and 1960's, she worked on commission for stores such as Henri Bendel, Montaldo's, I. Magnin, Chez Sonia, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. In 1946, she designed the dress that Olivia de Havilland wore to accept the Academy Award for Best Actress for To Each His Own, although the name on the dress was Sonia Rosenberg.

As she was not getting credit for her work, Lowe and her son opened a second salon, Ann Lowe's Gowns, in New York City on Lexington Avenue in 1950. Her one-of-a-kind designs made from the finest fabrics were an immediate success and attracted many wealthy, high society clients. Design elements for which she was known include fine handwork, signature flowers, and trapunto technique. Her signature designs are what helped her eventually become recognized for her work. In 1964, the Saturday Evening Post later called Lowe "society's best kept secret" and in 1966, Ebony magazine referred to her as "The Dean of American Designers. Throughout her career, Lowe was known for being highly selective in choosing her clientele.

In 1953, Janet Lee Auchincloss hired Lowe to design a wedding dress for her daughter, the future First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier, and the dresses for her bridal attendants for her September wedding to then-Senator John F. Kennedy. Auchincloss also chose Lowe to design her own wedding dress for her marriage to Hugh D. Auchincloss in 1942. While the Bouvier-Kennedy wedding was a highly publicized event, Lowe did not receive public credit for her work until after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Throughout her career, Lowe continued to work for wealthy clientele who often talked her out of charging hundreds of dollars for her designs. After paying her staff, she often failed to make a profit on her designs. Lowe later admitted that at the height of her career, she was virtually broke. In 1961 she received the Couturier of the Year award but in 1962, she lost her salon in New York City after failing to pay taxes. That same year, her right eye was removed due to glaucoma. While she was recuperating, an anonymous friend paid Lowe's debts which enabled her to work again. In 1963 she declared bankruptcy. Soon after, she developed a cataract in her left eye; surgery saved her eye. In 1968, she opened a new store, Ann Lowe Originals, on Madison Avenue. She retired in 1972.

➡LEGACY

A collection of five of Ann Lowe's designs are held at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Three are on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Several others were included in an exhibition on black fashion at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan in December 2016.

A children's book, Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Ann Cole Lowe written by Deborah Blumenthal was published in 2017. Author Piper Huguley wrote a historical fiction novel, By Design: the story of Ann Lowe, Society's Secret Fashion Designer, about Lowe's life.

Her work has been admired by the designer Christian Dior, as well as the famous costumer Edith Head.

[the-badger-mole]

Profiles In Style

This is Ann Lowe, "Society's Best Kept Secret".

Ann (b. 1898) was the daughter and granddaughter of seamstresses who worked for the first families of Montgomery. When she was 16, Lowe's mother died, leaving a collection of four ball gowns for the First Lady of Alabama. Lowe took up the project and, using the skills she learned from her mother and grandmother, finished the dresses.

In 1917, Lowe was divorced, and a mother when she moved to NYC to attend S.T.Taylor Design School. The school was segregated at the time,and she had to take classes in a room alone, because stupid has always been able to cross state lines.

When she graduated in 1919, Lowe moved to Tampa where she opened her first dress salon, Annie Cohen, catering to members of high society. It was a success, and eventually Lowe used her earnings to move back to NYC where she designed on commission for Henri Bendel, Chez Sonia, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. She even designed the dress that actress wore to accept an Academy Award in 1946, although the name on the dress was Sonia Rosenberg (shady).

Lowe got sick of not getting credit for her work, so in 1950, she opened a new salon in NYC with her son; Ann Lowe's Gowns on Lexington Ave. Her one-of-a-kind dresses were made of the finest fabrics, and graced the forms of the world's most famous socialites. She designed for the Rockefellers, the Lodges, the Du Ponts and the Auchinclosses.

Janet Auchincloss was such a fan of Ms. Lowe's that in 1953, she hired Lowe to design a dress for her daughter, Jacqueline Bouvier for her wedding to Senator John F. Kennedy.

Despite being a massive success, and a favorite of NYC's society ladies, Ann Lowe rarely made any real profit on her designs after paying her staff. Still, she continued to do her thing. After a particularly rough time in the 60s, during which she lost her store, her right eye, and developed cataract in her left eye, she opened another store, Ann Lowe Originals, on Madison Ave. She retired in 1972. She died in 1981 while in the care of her daughter, Ruth.

The moral of the story is it's okay to be expensive, especially if you're good at what you do.

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A Woman Named Jackie - NBC - October 13 - 15, 1991

Biography (3 episodes)

Running Time: 246 minutes total

Stars:

Roma Downey as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

Stephen Collins as John F. Kennedy

William Devane as John Vernou "Black Jack" Bouvier III

Joss Ackland as Aristotle Onassis

Wendy Hughes as Janet Lee Bouvier

Ashley Crow as Caroline Lee Bouvier Radziwill

Boyd Gaines as Hugh Dudley "Yusha" Auchincloss

Tim Ransom as Robert F. Kennedy

Lisa Eichhorn as Dr. Jordan

Rosemary Murphy as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Andrew Buckley as John F. Kennedy Jr.

Nadia Dajani as Christina Onassis

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Teenage Jacqueline Bouvier

Josef Sommer as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Eve Gordon as Marilyn Monroe

Brian Smiar as Lyndon B. Johnson

Bob Gunton as Hugh D. Auchincloss

Jessica Tuck as Lorraine Murphy

Anna Thomson as Ilona

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Jacqueline Kennedy chats with her mother Janet Auchincloss before leaving for her honeymoon in Acapulco

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January 20, 1961 - President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory.

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JFK on his wedding day with Jackie's half sister Janet

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Former First Lady of the United States

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis was an American socialite, writer, photographer, and book editor who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. 

Jackie Kennedy at the funeral of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, Photo by Elliott Erwitt, November 1963.

Born: July 28, 1929, Southampton, New York, United States

Died: May 19, 1994, New York, New York, United States

Children: John F. Kennedy Jr., Caroline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

Spouse: Aristotle Onassis (m. 1968–1975), John F Kennedy (m. 1953–1963)

Parents: John Vernou Bouvier III, Janet Lee Bouvier

Siblings: Lee Radziwill, Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd, MORE

Height: 1.7 m

John F. & Jackie Kennedy by Mark Shaw, 1959