Black cashmere coat decorated with faux human hair braids designed by Kate Mack
date: label: Date
content: 2006
name: label: Designed by
content: Kate Mack, French, born 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Black boiled wool and cashmere coat (a) and belt (b) embroidered with faux human hair braids designed by Kate Mack. The coat is floor-length with a high standing collar and full-length balloon sleeves. It cut fitted in the bodice and then tapering outward into a full skirt. Braids of black faux human hair are embroidered around the edges of the collar, the center front opening, and the bottom hem. Clusters of the braids are also embroidered at the bottom of each sleeve and around the bottom of the skirt. The coat is not lined. A black fabric label with white embroidered text is sewn at the interior center back neck that reads "Kate Mack". The label is surrounded by short strips of the faux braided hair.
label: Description
content: The belt (b) is made from one thick braided length of the black faux human hair sewn to a strip of the black boiled wool and cashmere fabric. It is long enough to wrap around the waist more than once, or to be wrapped once with long tails.
place: label: Place made
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
label: Topic
content: Identity
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.81.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: coats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kate Mack
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wool and cashmere blend cloth, synthetic hair braids
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (coat, flat): 63 3/8 × 33 7/16 in. (161 × 85 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (belt, flat): 3/4 × 125 in. (1.9 × 317.5 cm)