Jacqueline Lee Bouvier became better known as who?
Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier The wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier was worn by Jacqueline Bouvier in her wedding to John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953. The dress is one of the best-remembered bridal gowns of all time. The gown was the creation of African-American fashion designer Ann Lowe, who never received credit for it during her lifetime. Instead, when asked who made her dress, Jacqueline Kennedy said it was a "colored woman." The dress is now on display at the Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Janet Lee Bouvier, Jacqueline's mother, hired Lowe to design and make the entire
John Vernou Bouvier III a stockbroker at his brother-in-law's firm. In 1917, Bouvier left the firm to join the United States Navy. When the Navy proved to be too strenuous, he transferred to the United States Army where he served as a major. Bouvier was discharged in 1919 whereupon he went back to work as a stockbroker on Wall Street. Bouvier married Janet Norton Lee on July 7, 1928 at St. Philomena's Church in East Hampton. They had two daughters, Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier in 1929 and Caroline Lee Bouvier in 1933. Bouvier's drinking, gambling, and philandering led to their divorce in June 1940.