Dark red jacket and pants with matching sash
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1980
name: label: Designed by
content: Lepenski, died 1985
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A dark red jacket (a) and pants (b) with a matching sash (c). The rust-colored jacket is tunic-inspired and made with crepe-backed silk. The front of the jacket is composed of two panels that curve slightly inward at the center front opening. There are two metal hooks on the proper right opening and two corresponding thread loops on the left side. A 1” band of rust colored crepe backed silk is sewn along the front opening, waist, and sleeve cuff edges. Each sleeve is an extension of its corresponding front panel, so there is no arm’s eye. At each sleeve end is a 5” gray tassel made from synthetic material. It’s looped around a round copper colored button at the inside of each sleeve and hand tacked into place. The collar, sleeve cuffs, and hem are all edged with decorative copper trim made from one panel of looped metallic thread and one panel of braided metallic thread. The back of the jacket is made from one panel which includes each sleeve. There is a white woven fabric label sewn to the inside collar that reads [LEPENSKI] in brown script. The inside of the jacket is unlined, and all edges are finished with machine overcast stitching. Two halfmoon shaped shoulder pads (one on each side), filled with synthetic padding machine sewn into place. The bottom of the jacket has a 1” single folded hem that has been stitched into place with machine overcast stitching.
label: Description
content: The matching rust-colored pants (b) are made from the same rust-colored silk crepe backed fabric as the tunic. A 1” band of elastic at the waist is gathered and sewn to four panels of fabric that create the pant legs. Each leg is made from two panels that are seamed together at the inner and outer leg. The pants close at the center front with a round copper button and a 5.5” metal zipper with metal teeth. There are two self-lined side pockets (one at each hip) and there is a 2.25” single folded hem at the bottom which has been machine stitched into place with machine overcast stitching. Two self-fabric hanging loops are sewn at the interior waist and there is a white woven fabric label sewn to the center back interior waist that reads [LEPENSKI] in brown script.
label: Description
content: The coordinating sash (c) consists of two layers of crepe backed silk satin sewn together. The top layer is composed of three panels, sewn together vertically. Plain weave metallic trim is sewn along the edges, and looped metallic trim runs the length of the center. The sash tapers to rounded points at each end. There is no label.
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: 2007.3.312abc
objectType: label: Type
content: suits
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
label: Type
content: jackets
label: Type
content: shirts
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: silk crepe, synthetic padding, metallic thread, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: a: jacket
label: Dimensions
content: Length (a: collar to hem): 26 in. (66 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (a: shoulder to shoulder): 16 in. (40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Chest (a: full): 38 in. (96.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (a: full): 39 in. (99.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b: pants
label: Dimensions
content: Length (b: waist to hem): 43 3/4 in. (111.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (b: full): 30 in. (76.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Inseam: 32 in. (81.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: c: sash
label: Dimensions
content: Length (c: end to end): 72 in. (182.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (c: widest point): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)