Cream knit pants with matching belt
date: label: Date
content: 1970-1985
name: label: Designed by
content: Lepenski, died 1985
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of cream synthetic knit pants with a matching belt. The pants (a) have a self-fabric one-and-a-half-inch waistband with a stiffener between two layers of fabric. The pants open in the center front with a white plastic button and a self-fabric buttonhole loop. A seven-and-a-half-inch metal zipper is sewn below the button. Gathering is placed below the waistband on the front and back. A seven-inch slant pocket is sewn to each side, starting at the waistband and ending at the side seams. The pants taper at the bottom, the hem has a single fold hem with a row of machine stitching but is secured to the interior with hand whip stitching. A center back seam is sewn below the waistband. The pants and pockets are lined with cream synthetic. A woven fabric label is sewn to the proper left side of the center front opening along the waistband. The label reads [Lepenski] in brown cursive text. The matching belt (b) is made of the same fabric as the pants. It opens in the center front with three buttons made of faux plastic pearls surrounded by glass rhinestones in a metal setting. These buttons align with three self-fabric buttonhole loops on the other side of the center front opening. A three-and three-quarter inch panel is sewn to each side of the center front opening. The panels connect to a wider band which is gathered along the seams. This band comprises the sides and back of the belt, becoming widest at the center back. The interior of the belt is self-lined, three plastic faux shell buttons are sewn to the proper left side of the center front opening. These buttons are sewn behind the exterior buttons. A woven fabric label is sewn to the proper left side of the center front opening. The label reads [Lepenski] in brown cursive text.
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: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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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: 2007.3.311ab
objectType: label: Type
content: trousers
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 knit, synthetic, stiffener, metal, plastic, faux plastic pearls, and glass rhinestones
label: Dimensions
content: a. pants
label: Dimensions
content: Length (a: waist to hem): 44 in. (111.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (a: flat): 13 in. (33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b. belt
label: Dimensions
content: Length (b): 28 in. (71.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (b): 5 in. (12.7 cm)