Tank top with printed portraits worn by of Earth, Wind, & Fire members
date: label: Date
content: 2004-2013
name: label: Created by
content: Bernard G. Jacobs, American
label: Manufactured by
content: Custo Barcelona, founded 1980
label: Worn by
content: Philip Bailey, American, born 1951
label: Worn by
content: Ralph Johnson, American, born 1951
label: Subject of
content: Earth, Wind & Fire, American, founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: Sleevless printed crewneck cotton shirt customized by Bernard G. Jacobs and worn by Phlip Bailey, vocalist for Earth, Wind, & Fire, and by Ralph Johnson, percussionist for Earth, Wind & Fire. The front of the shirt has a printed design in lime green and black of a man with a goatee, sideburns, and an Afro hair style wearing oversized square lens sunglasses and chain link necklaces. Round green rhinestones are attached to the shirt, primarily within the sunglasses frames and the chain necklaces, with some sporadically placed in the man's hair and one (1) on his proper left cheek as a beauty mark. Green rhinestones are also attached around the neck and sleeve openings on the front and the back. The back of the shirt has a printed design of a colorful beach scene with a female hula dancer, palm trees, and flowers. The woman is in the lower proper right corner and she is wearing a yellow skirt and a pink flower in her hair. She is seen from the back with her arms outstretched above her head. Rhinestones are attached throughout the scene with the color of the stone matching the color of the design below it, and a band of clear rhinestones across the hips of the woman. The neck and arm openings of the shirt are trimmed in a green, yellow, black, and gray striped cotton, with the edges of the arm openings left unfinished so that the fabric rolls inward. The shirt has two (2) tags sewn at the interior center back neck. The top tag is a small clear tag with red & blue text that reads "custo / BARCELONA". Underneath is a white tag with black text. The front reads "THE DESIGN OF / THIS GARMENT / HAS COPYRIGHT / PROTECTION / 100% COTTON / 100% COTON / MADE IN THAILAND / FABRIQUE EN THAILANDE / 2". The back has care instructions and text that reads "BLUE TOWER / BARCELONA / SPAIN / B-61517496".
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Costume Designer Bernard G. Jacobs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.147.4.3
objectType: label: Type
content: shirts
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 rhinestones
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 30 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (77.5 × 49.5 cm)