Yellow jumpsuit designed by Willi Smith
date: label: Date
content: 1969-1987
name: label: Designed by
content: Willi Donnell Smith, American, 1948 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Yellow jumpsuit designed by Willi Smith for WilliWear Limited.
label: Description
content: The jumpsuit has a v-neck, a notched lapel collar, and short sleeves and is made of yellow cotton fabric. There is a breast pocket on the proper left side with rounded bottom corners. There are six yellow plastic buttons going down the center on the proper left side, starting at the base of the v-neck and going down to where the pant legs start. There is a hem around the bottoms of the sleeves and around the bottoms of the pant legs. The jumpsuit has a cinched waist with two belt loops on the back and a slash pocket on either hip.
label: Description
content: There are three white tags sewn into the back of the collar on the inside. The small tag on the proper right side reads [7/8] in black. The center tag is large and reads [WILLI WEAR LTD / Designed by Willi Smith] in black. In between the two lines of text there is a cartoon drawing of a man's face in profile. The man has short hair, glasses, and a collared shirt. The tag on the proper left side reads [100% COTTON / MADE IN / MAURITIUS / HAND WASH] in black.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, 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 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: 2007.3.156
objectType: label: Type
content: jump suits
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: cotton and plastic with thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 in. (40.6 cm)