Olivia de Havilland wore this dress when she won the Oscar in 1947. The designer of the this dress never got credit for her work because she was Black, so you should know her name today: Ann Lowe.
She also designed Jacqueline Bouvier‘s wedding dress with no credit, and no fame. When we talk about American haute couture designers, we should include Ann Lowe.
In New York she attended a segregated design school, and made dresses for all the high society ladies including the Rockefellers and Du Ponts. Her signature flower detail were the camellias and other flowers from her youth in rural Alabama. #annlowe
Her dresses at @metmuseum are not on display, but you can see a few of them in person at @NMAAHC or on their websites! #AnnLowe
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