White and silver dress with streamers and full skirt designed by Peter Davy
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Designed by
content: Peter Davy, Saint Vincentian, 1944 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A white and silver dress designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a halter neck and is backless to the empire waist, with a very full floor-length skirt. It is made from a white net lace with an all-over pattern of small silver metallic woven dots. The white and silver lace forms the top layer, with the under layer being a white sheer synthetic net. The front bodice consists of two (2) portions of the net lace lined in the white net that extend from the waistband over each front side to cover the wearer's breasts, and are gathered at the top with a band of silver lamé fabric around them. A silver sequin appliqué flower is attached over each silver band. Long lengths of thin silver metallic cord are sewn to the back of each band and are tied at the back neck. Streamers made of the sheer white net are gathered and extend out of the top of the silver bands, falling over the wearer's shoulders and reaching to the hem of the back skirt. The fitted waistband is 3 1/2 inches wide and is made from silver lamé lined in paper-backed cotton canvas. A silver sequin appliqué flower matching those at the front shoulders is sewn at the proper right front side of the waistband. The full skirt is made from two layers of the lace net with silver dots, one layer of the white sheer net, and an ivory silk satin inner petticoat with the facing side of the fabric turned inward. The top layer of the silver and white net lace is cut with a scalloped hem and trimmed in silver sequins. The dress closes at the center back with a white metal and plastic zipper that extends across the waistband and down into the skirt.
label: Description
content: The dress is not lined beyond the under layer of white sheer synthetic net, with the silk satin petticoat being the innermost layer of the skirt. Short hanger loops are sewn at each interior side of the waistband. There are no labels in the dress.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: 2007.3.110
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic lace, synthetic net, silk satin, cord, and sequins, with metal and plastic zipper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 59 3/4 × 41 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (151.8 × 104.8 × 8.3 cm)