Anne Cole Lowe was born in the late 1800's in Alabama. Her mother was a seamstress, so Anne learned to sew at an early age. Later, Anne and her mother moved to New York where her mother owned and ran a dressmaking shop. When her mother died, Anne took over the shop. While operating the store, Anne attended and graduated from S. T. Taylor Design School.

In the early 1950's Jacqueline Bouvier ...