Deborah Blumenthal

(Author)

Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole LoweHardcover, 17 January 2017

Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe
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Reading Age
Ages: 4-8
Grade Levels
3
Print Length
40 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Date Published
17 Jan 2017
ISBN-10
1499802390
ISBN-13
9781499802399

Description

A beautiful picture book about Ann Cole Lowe, a little-known African-American fashion designer who battled personal and social adversity in order to pursue her passion of making beautiful gowns and went on to become one of society's top designers.

Wisps of cloth would fall from their worktables like confetti,

and Ann would scoop them up and turn them into flowers

as bright as roses in the garden.

Ann's family came from Alabama.

Her great grandma had been a slave,

so her family knew about working hard

just to get by.

As soon as Ann Cole Lowe could walk, her momma and grandma taught her to sew. She worked near her momma in their Alabama family shop in the early 1900s, making glorious dresses for women who went to fancy parties. When Ann was 16, her momma died, and Ann continued sewing dresses. It wasn't easy, especially when she went to design school and had to learn alone, segregated from the rest of the class. But the work she did set her spirit soaring, as evidenced in the clothes she made, including Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress and Olivia de Havilland's dress at the Oscars when she won for Best Actress in To Each His Own. Rarely credited, Ann Cole Lowe became "society's best kept secret." This beautiful picture book shines the spotlight on a little-known visionary who persevered in times of hardship, always doing what she was passionate about: making elegant gowns for the women who loved to wear them.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 4-8
Author:
Deborah Blumenthal
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
17 January 2017
Dimensions:
28.19 x 22.1 x 1.27 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 3
Genre:
African American
Illustrator:
ISBN-10:
1499802390
ISBN-13:
9781499802399
Language:
English
Pages:
40
Weight:
453.59 gm

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