Black and gold vest worn by LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1980
name: label: Designed by
content: Le Doux Road, American
label: Worn by
content: LaMonte McLemore, American, born 1935
label: Subject of
content: The 5th Dimension, American, founded 1966
notes: label: Description
content: Black vest with gold decoration and fringe worn by LaMonte McLemore of The 5th Dimension. The collarless black vest has a straight hem with squared front opening edges and oversized armholes. It is made of a black polyester-cotton blend fabric that is decorated with gold woven tape in a looped design around the neck, front sides, hem, and armholes. There are four (4) gold bead and sequin appliques of stylized flowers sewn on the fronts, two (2) on each side, with the top two facing upward and the bottom two facing downward. Beaded gold fringe is sewn at both shoulder seams with black velvet tape covering it in the middle along the seam. Fifty-five (55) lengths of gold woven tape in an open design are sewn all along the hem of the vest to make fringe approximately twenty (20) inches long. Each piece of fringe is hemmed with tightly woven gold tape. The vest is lined with black synthetic fiber. There is a black fabric label at the interior back neck with gray machine-embroidered text reading "LE DOUX ROAD / of Beverly Hills".
place: label: Place made
content: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of LaMonte McLemore founding member of The 5th Dimension
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.198.2
objectType: label: Type
content: vests (main garments)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester and cotton blend, synthetic fiber, gold foil fringe, gold foil tape, sequin paillettes, and plastic and glass beads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 40 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (102.9 × 45.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 22 in. (55.9 cm)