Fancy Party Gowns
The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe
$57.51
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
17 January 2017
Summary
A beautiful picture book about Ann Cole Lowe, a little-known African-American fashion designer who battled personal and social adversity in order to pursue her passion of making beautiful gowns and went on to become one of society’s top designers.Wisps of cloth would fall from their worktables like confetti,and Ann would scoop them up and turn them into flowersas bright as roses in the garden.Ann’s family came from Alabama.Her great grandma had been a slave,so her family knew about working ha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781499802399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1499802390 |
| Author: | Deborah Blumenthal, Laura Freeman |
| Publisher: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Imprint: | Little Bee Books Inc. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 17 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 481g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
Deborah Blumenthal
Deborah Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and nutritionist who now divides her time between writing children’s books and adult novels. She has been a regular contributor to the New York Times, as well as to Long Island Newsday as a home design columnist. Her feature stories have appeared widely in many other newspapers and national magazines including New York’s Daily News, theWashington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, Family Circle, Self, and Vogue. She lives in New York City. Find out more about her at deborahblumenthal.com.Laura Freeman received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and began her career illustrating for various editorial clients, including The New York Times Book Review, The National Law Journal, and New York Magazine. She also worked as a computer artist in the men’s design department of Polo/Ralph Lauren. Laura now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and their two children. Find out more about Laura at lfreemanart.com.
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