Black tuxedo jacket by FUBU
date: label: Date
content: 1992-2007
name: label: Created by
content: FUBU, founded 1992
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black tuxedo jacket designed by FUBU (a). The jacket is made from black worsted wool, it is single-breasted with a notched lapel trimmed in black satin. The back of the collar is faced with wool felt. One buttonhole is placed on the proper left lapel. Padding is placed at both shoulders likely made of wool or cotton. The jacket closes at the center front with four black plastic buttons that are concave on the surface and have the text [FUBU] engraved and infilled with white repeating around the rim. There is one welt breast pocket at the proper left side and two diagonal welted pockets with self-fabric flaps at waist level. There are two darts at the front of the jacket each ending at the side pockets. The sleeves are straight and without cuffs. The jacket is fully lined in a black woven stripe synthetic fabric. Two welted breast pockets are sewn on the interior. The pocket on the proper left is larger and closes with two buttons. A black fabric label is machine stitched to the pocket and has white woven text reading [Formal / SPECIALISTS, LTD.] above a bowtie and the company's phone number. Beneath it is a barcode label for Formal Specialist Ltd. The pocket at the proper right closes with a button and has a white fabric label with black woven text reading [Fubu / THE COLLECTION] above three stripes. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back of the collar that reads [Fubu / THE COLLECTION]. The jacket has a multicolored detached tag made of paper with a metal attachment (b). The front of the tag has an image of four people and reads [platinumfubu] on both sides.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2007.3.50.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: suits
label: Type
content: tuxedoes
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: a: worsted wool, synthetic satin, plastic, and felt
label: Medium
content: b: paper and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a. jacket): 38 × 19 1/4 in. (96.5 × 48.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. tag): 3 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (9.5 × 3.8 cm)