Ann Lowe earned the reputation as “society’s best kept secret” for designing for many of America’s most prominent families.

What ties these decades together is not just aesthetic; it is intention. Clothes were worn longer, repaired more often and tied to milestones rather than microtrends. A coat lasted years. A dress ...

Tom Cruise’s famous getup in Risky Business can’t quite qualify as a shirtdress (it’s a little short), but it comes oh so close. Among the most classic of office dresses, a button-down shirtdress, ...