Photo: World Bride Magazine
“Society’s Best-Kept Secret!” In 1964 this is how The Saturday Evening Post referred to fashion designer ANN LOWE. Even though Lowe had been designing couture-quality gowns for America’s most renowned debutantes, heiresses, actresses, and high society brides—including Jacqueline Kennedy, Olivia de Havilland, and Marjorie Merriweather Post—for decades, she remained virtually unknown to the broader public.
Photo: World Bride Magazine
“Society’s Best-Kept Secret!” In 1964 this is how The Saturday Evening Post referred to fashion designer ANN LOWE. Even though Lowe had been designing couture-quality gowns for America’s most renowned debutantes, heiresses, actresses, and high society brides—including Jacqueline Kennedy, Olivia de Havilland, and Marjorie Merriweather Post—for decades, she remained virtually unknown to the broader public.
President Ronald Reagan signed the legislation creating a federal Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Barak Obama was elected the first African American President of the United States.
Shirley Chisolm of Brooklyn, N.Y., becomes the first African American woman elected to Congress.
Douglas Wilder becomes the first African American to be elected governor (Virginia) in the United States.
