But then a wealthy Tampa socialite sees Ann’s talent and offers her an amazing opportunity-the chance to sew and design clothing for Florida’s society elite. After Ann elopes at twelve with an older man who soon proves himself to be an abusive alcoholic, her dreams of becoming a celebrated designer seem to be put on hold. Raised in Jim Crow Alabama, Ann learned the art of sewing from her mother and her grandmother, a former slave, who are the most talented seamstresses in the state. It may take all day and all night for the next week to accomplish the task, but they will do it.
She and her seamstresses will find the way to re-create the dresses.
A Black designer who has fought every step of the way, Ann knows this is only one struggle after a lifetime of them. Kennedy, a pipe bursts at Ann Lowe’s dress shop and ruins eleven dresses, including the expensive wedding dress, a dress that will be judged by thousands. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son.Less than a week before the society wedding of the year where Jacqueline Bouvier will marry John F.
She is a literature professor at Clark-Atlanta University and blogs about the history behind her novels at. Her next historical fiction book, American Daughters (2024), is the story of the decades-long interracial friendship between Alice Roosevelt and Portia Washington, the rebel teenage daughters of President Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. She is also the author of Sweet Tea by Hallmark Publishing and the author of two historical romance series: “Migrations of the Heart”, about the Great Migration and “Home to Milford College”. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper. Huguley’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress.
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