Black long sleeve T-shirt by Da Link Went Wear
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2000
name: label: Designed by
content: Da Link Went Wear, American, founded 1992
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black long-sleeve crew neck T-shirt designed by Da Link Went Wear. The shirt is made of knitted black cotton. Four diagonal seams are sewn of the front of the shirt, they are stitched with white interlocking machine stitching. White synthetic pile letters are adhered diagonally at the proper right front chest and read [dlnkwnt]. The long sleeves taper closer towards the wrists and end in two and a half inch ribbed cuffs. A triangular off-white holographic label is adhered at the bottom proper left side. The label changes between the silhouette of a person in black and black lettering reading [dlnkwnt]. A silver fabric tag with black letters reading [DALINKWENT] is sewn into the horizontal front yoke seam at the proper left side. This same tag is also sewn into the proper right-side seam close to the hem and on the proper right side of a horizontal seam running across the back of the shirt. The signatures of co-creators Aaron Lydell and Nkrumakenyatta are screen printed in metallic silver on the center back yoke. The hem as a single fold and is finished with machine overcast stitching in black thread. A black and silver embroidered fabric label is sewn at the interior center back neck that reads [armor] above a logo with the letter "d" next to the silhouette of a person in a baseball cap and text below reading [DALINKWENT]. A paper tag with the same design it is attached to the fabric label with a plastic fastener. The text [DAFA005] is written on the back of the paper tag with blue pen.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.42
objectType: label: Type
content: T-shirts
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: cotton knit, plastic, synthetic pile fabric, adhesive, and paper
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 34 1/4 in. (87 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm)