Off-white blouse with wide tied collar designed by Arthur McGee
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Designed by
content: Arthur McGee, American, 1933 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Off-white blouse with balloon sleeves and neck tie designed by Arthur McGee. The blouse is made from a thin off-white synthetic fabric with supplementary threads creating a striped design. The shirt is made from only two (2) pieces of fabric, seamed down the center front and center back with no seams at the shoulders or sleeves. There is a slit at the center front neck. An attached folded collar continues down each side with long ties that widen as they extend to the ends, which tie at the center front neck above the front slit. The cuffs of the full-length sleeves are gathered with elastic to create the balloon silhouette. The blouse is not lined. A cream fabric label with black embroidered text is sewn at the interior center back neck that reads "ARTHUR McGEE / N.Y.C.".
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
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: 2007.3.55
objectType: label: Type
content: blouses
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: synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 25 × 19 in. (63.5 × 48.3 cm)