EYE OF THE NEEDLE.

The article features African American couturier Ann Lowe. Topics discussed include the role of African American fashion scholars such as Black Fashion Museum founder Lois K. Alexander Lane and Elizabeth Way of the Fashion Institute of Technology in the rediscovery of Lowe, the inspiration of Lowe to become a major dress designer, and the significance of Lowe's encounter with Josephine Lee, wife of a wealthy citrus grower, who offered her a job as a live-in dressmaker to her career.