Ann Lowe, the talented Black designer behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic bridal gown Ann Lowe loved her clothes and was particular about who was wearing them. “I’m not interested in sewing for cafe society or social climbers. I do not cater to Mary and Sue. I sew for the families of the Social Register,” the trailblazing African-American designer, who worked for much of New York’s high society throughout the ’50s, told Ebony Magazine. There was nothing she wouldn’t do to make her clients happy. And so when she was tasked to design both the wedding dress and bridesmaids’ dresses for the 1953 Kennedy wedding and disaster struck just about completion, she rose to the task and ensured that a new set was made on time. Reports s aid Lowe had taken about two months and over 50 yards of silk taffeta to create the intricate bridal gown of Jackie Kennedy and some 10 other gowns for the bridesmaids. But just 10 days to the ceremony, a pipe burst in Lowe’s New York studio and destroyed the original we