Plaid wool matching jacket and skirt
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Juka
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A wool knit jacket (a) with a matching plaid skirt (b). The all-over plaid pattern features brown, cream, and forest green. The jacket opens center front and has a round neckline. Five glass buttons with a faux tortoise shell pattern are sewn to the proper left and five corresponding buttonholes are on the proper right panel. Each front panel has a bias-cut opening which begins right below the top button and ends at the waist. There is a 6.25" diagonal bust dart on each front side. Two welt pockets (one at each side of the waist) measuring roughly 5" are at the waist. Both welt pockets are lined with brown taffeta on one side. Each sleeve is made from one panel of plaid wool knit is sewn to itself at the inner arm. The back of the jacket is made from one panel of wool knit with two 3.25" shoulder darts (one at each shoulder). The inside of the jacket is unlined and all seam allowances are finished with overcast machine stitching. Each shoulder has an extra panel of fabric (not quite a shoulder pad) to provide extra structure. There is a single fold 1.75” hem at the bottom and each front panel of the jacket has 4.5” self-facing. A white woven fabric label is sewn to the inner collar reads [LE TRICOT LE TRICOT] in gray block letters at the top. There is a gray diamond in the center of the label that has [JUKA / PARIS] on it in white block letters. [DÉPOS ÉE] in gray, block text. An additional black rectangular label reads [MADE IN FRANCE] in yellow block letters. The letters [TB] are handwritten on the proper right of the brand label. At the interior proper left is a white content label that reads [PURE LAINE] in gold, block text.
label: Description
content: The matching plaid skirt (b) features a 1” waistband and two shaping darts (one on either side of the center front, under the waistband. The inner darts measures 2.75" and the out darts is 3". There are four shaping darts on the back body of the skirt (two on either side), all measuring 4”. The skirt fastens at the proper left with a metal hook and eye and a 7” metal zipper and metal pull. There are two back panels with a center back seam and a 6.5" back vent. Sewn behind the vent is a 6.75" x 5.5" self-fabric panel. The inside of the skirt is also unlined and there is a 1.75” single fold hem. All the interior seams are finished with overcast machine stitching.
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: 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: 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: 2007.3.322ab
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
label: Type
content: skirts
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: wool, taffeta, glass, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: a: jacket
label: Dimensions
content: Length (a: shoulder to waist): 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width:(a: shoulder to shoulder): 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Chest (a: full): 40 in. (101.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (a: full): 37 in. (94 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: b: skirt
label: Dimensions
content: Length (b: waist to hem): 28 in. (71.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (b: full): 29 in. (73.7 cm)