Alex Kanenwisher, book buyer at Costco, has selected By Her Own Design: A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register by Piper Huguley (Morrow, $16.99, 9780063059740) as the pick for June. In Costco Connection, which goes to many of the warehouse club's members, Kanenwisher writes:
"Clothing is all around us, literally, but fashion is something special. And the people who create fashion are often so much more than their designs. Take, for example, Ann Lowe, the first Black fashion designer of note.
"This work of historical fiction shares how the granddaughter of slaves went on to create the wedding dress worn by Jacqueline Kennedy, née Bouvier, and had other notable clients."
