Tuxedo pants designed by Sy Devore and worn by Nat King Cole in St. Louis Blues
date: label: Date
content: September 30, 1957
name: label: Designed by
content: Sy Devore, American, died 1966
label: Worn by
content: Nat King Cole, American, 1919 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: Tuxedo pants designed by Sy Devore and worn by Nat King Cole in his role as W.C. Handy in the Paramount Pictures produced 1958 film St. Louis Blues. The navy blue wool tuxedo pants have a black satin tuxedo stripe and are creased at the front and back sides of both legs. The pants have a zipper fly center front closure with a flat hook and eye at the top and an interior button tab that closes with a black plastic button. Eight blue wool belt loops are evenly spaced around the waist band. There are two black plastic buttons at the exterior back center waist and two sets of two black buttons on either front side interior of the waist for attaching suspenders.There is one inset pocket at each front side seam, with the satin stripe on top of the pocket openings.There is one inset pocket on each back side, the proper right pocket has no closure while the proper left pocket has a single black button closure.
label: Description
content: Pants are not lined except at waistband with black twill. There is one additional pocket sewn into the lining at the proper right front, with the opening between the two suspender buttons. There is a hanger loop of black lining twill at the center back neck.
place: label: Place made
content: Studio City, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Musical films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
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: 2012.64.1.2
objectType: 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: wool and silk with plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 44 1/4 × 14 3/8 × 3/4 in. (112.4 × 36.5 × 1.9 cm)