Cinch-hip dress with blouson top and peasant neckline by Gene Bailey
date: label: Date
content: 1970-1995
name: label: Designed by
content: Gene Bailey, American, 1945 - 1995
notes: label: Description
content: This is a pink knit cinch-hip dress with a blouson top and peasant neckline. The dress top has a gathered neckline with a matching pink drawstring threaded through the gathers. There is a small V-shaped opening at the front of the neckline where the drawstring is tied into a bow. The top has blouson sleeves gathered at the neckline and the cuff. The cuffs are striped in blue and pink rings around the wrist. The same blue and pink stripes run horizontally around the waist, which consists of a wide band of elasticized knit. This cinched-in waist causes the top of the dress to blouse outward over the waistband. The striped waistband transitions into a calf-length A-line skirt with multiple gathers at the waist. Scattered at intervals across the pink skirt are clusters of stylized blue mushrooms.
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: Gene Bailey Archive and Knitwear 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 Omega C. Logan Silva, MD, MACP
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2018.88.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
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: synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 49 1/4 × 19 11/16 in. (125.1 × 50 cm)