Ann Lowe — the pioneering fashion designer and American couturier — is getting the biopic treatment at TriStar thanks to Serena Williams and Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth Carter.
Sony’s TriStar Pictures acquired the pitch for the project, titled The Dress, about Lowe, one of the country’s most prolific but also least-known couturiers. Lowe, who died in 1981, designed mid-century wardrobes for the biggest names in American society and industry, including members of the Rockefeller, Roosevelt, Du Pont, and Whitney families.
The story will focus on how Lowe, who was the first Black woman to own a shop on Madison Avenue, was commissioned to design the wedding dress that Jackie Bouvier wore at her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy.
Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the writers behind the Mister Rogers movie A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood, will pen the screenplay based on the book By Her Own Design by Piper Huguley.
Williams and Caroline Currier will produce through Nine Two Six Productions. Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster will also produce through their company Blue Harp. Carter, who won two Oscars for costume design for Black Panther and follow-up Wakanda Forever, will executive produce and also be the film’s costume designer.
Shary Shirazi, who brought in the pitch, will oversee for TriStar, along with studio president Nicole Brown.
Williams, who is repped by WME and Foster Garvey PC, launched Nine Two Six Productions in 2023. Nine Two Six produced the women’s soccer doc Copa 71, and ESPN+’s In The Arena: Serena Williams.
Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster, whose other credits Transparent and Netflix series Painkiller, are repped by UTA and Kaplan/Perrone. Their other studio feature credits include Disney title Maleficent and the studio’s upcoming live-action remake of Bambi.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
