Lowe, dress and Ruth Carter
Serena Williams and Ruth Carter producing biopic about Ann Lowe, the Black designer who made Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ wedding dress
The film’s screenplay, which will be written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the writers behind the Mister Rogers movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” will be based on Piper Huguley’s novel “By Her Own Design.”
There's a Movie in the Works About Jackie Kennedy's Wedding Dress Designer Ann Lowe
Tennis star Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter will produce the film. Carter said she was thrilled to be involved in The Dress, which "shines a much-deserved light on Ann Lowe, the first Black woman couturier on Madison Avenue and the brilliant mind behind Jackie Bouvier’s iconic wedding dress."
An earlier version of this article included the popular claim that Jackie Kennedy had referred to Ann Lowe as a "colored dressmaker," but noted that fashion historian Margaret Powell disputed the ...
These items may immediately come to mind, yet Black luxury producers have largely been left out of fashion books. Names like ...
The genius behind it was later revealed to be black dressmaker Ann Lowe, a trailblazing African American designer who became one of the most sought-after society courtiers and yet faced constant ...
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