Jacqueline "Jackie" Bouvier wore an ivory silk taffeta gown for her 1953 wedding to future President John F. Kennedy.
Ann Lowe, an acclaimed Black couturier for America's elite families, made Jackie's wedding dress—but her work went largely unacknowledged for decades.
Ten days before the wedding, Lowe's studio flooded and she had to remake the dress from scratch.
Eight years before she would step into the role of first lady, Jackie Kennedy became a fashion icon on her wedding day: Her silk taffeta gown remains one of the most photographed bridal looks in history.
She and then-fiancé John F. Kennedy knew their September 1953 wedding would be a spectacle. JFK, then a junior senator, was a rising political star, while his bride-to-be came from a prominent New York family. Shortly after the announcement of their engagement in June 1953, the couple jointly covered Life magazine with the headline, "Senator Kennedy Goes A-Courting"—a sign of their star power which would only grow during JFK's political ascent.
#kennedy #silk
Ann Lowe, an acclaimed Black couturier for America's elite families, made Jackie's wedding dress—but her work went largely unacknowledged for decades.
Ten days before the wedding, Lowe's studio flooded and she had to remake the dress from scratch.
Eight years before she would step into the role of first lady, Jackie Kennedy became a fashion icon on her wedding day: Her silk taffeta gown remains one of the most photographed bridal looks in history.
She and then-fiancé John F. Kennedy knew their September 1953 wedding would be a spectacle. JFK, then a junior senator, was a rising political star, while his bride-to-be came from a prominent New York family. Shortly after the announcement of their engagement in June 1953, the couple jointly covered Life magazine with the headline, "Senator Kennedy Goes A-Courting"—a sign of their star power which would only grow during JFK's political ascent.
#kennedy #silk
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