Imitation leather halter top worn by Janet Jackson in "Scream" music video
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Worn by
content: Janet Jackson, American, born 1966
notes: label: Description
content: A white long-sleeve shirt covered with circular gathered puckers of fabric to create a three-dimensional effect, a pair of white faux leather pants, and an off-white faux leather bikini top worn by Janet Jackson in her and Michael Jackson's 1995 music video "Scream." The shirt has a Dexter Wong label. At a cost of $7 million, the music video was listed in Guinness World Records as the most expensive music video ever made. The song was a certified platinum single, and a number one song on the Billboard Hot Dance Club play chart and topped the charts in several international territories. It won the GRAMMY FOR Best Music Video Short Form, and received 11 MTV Video Music Award nominations - more than any other music video, and won Best Dance Video, Best Choreography and Best Art Direction. It was also given a Billboard Music Award for Best Pop Rock Video. The ensemble is stored in an archival garment storage box.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.28.4.2
objectType: label: Type
content: halters
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: imitation leather