couturier

Kate’s couturier – and the sibling bond that’s been a wild inspiration

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When fashion designer Jenny Packham wants a frank opinion of her collection, she can count on her brother, nature presenter Chris Packham. ‘Every collection I’ve ever done I get quite a critique,’ she says cheerfully. ‘He’ll say: “That one was good, that one was rubbish.” But I don’t mind. In fact, I love the honesty.’ … Read more

Ann Lowe made Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding gown was personal couturier for American aristocracy

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Ann Lowe (pictured above in an undated photo) learned to sew from her grandmother who was a freed slave that worked as a seamstress on a plantation. As a child, Lowe helped her mother and grandmother with their lucrative dressmaking business in Montgomery, Alabama  Roosevelt, Dupont, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Rothschild, Whitney, Post, Auchincloss. Lodge. Ann Lowe’s … Read more