Pink jersey dress with embroidered shoulder panels by Scott Barrie
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Scott Barrie, American, 1946 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pink colored silk jersey dress with two embroidered panel inserts. The dress features a rounded square neckline, faced with self-fabric. The front of the dress is composed of three continuous panels of fabric - one for the center and one for each side that are gathered at the waist. A .5” band of elastic that has been bast stitched to the inside of the dress, cinching the waist. There are two pink chain stitched thread belt loops – one on the proper left and right of the waist. The corresponding belt is missing. The full-length sleeves are one panel of fabric each seamed at the inner arm. The sleeves are slightly gathered and sewn into the shoulder which features a 1.625” wide panel of an embroidered metallic geometric design with pink diamond and triangle shapes against a blue background. There are two inseam pockets (one on each side) with self-lining. The back of the dress is composed of four continuous panels of fabric that extend to skirt hem and are gathered at the waist. The elastic waistband is basted to the inside of the dress and covered in a brown synthetic ribbon casing which is machine-stitched into place. The two center back panels are bisected by a 12.5” lapped zipper with a metal zipper pull and plastic teeth. The skirt hem is folded under and finished with machine stitching. A white fabric label machine stitched to the interior back collar reads [SCOTT BARRIE / NEW YORK] in black text. All interior seams have been pressed open and left raw. The interior of the dress is unlined.
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: 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: 2007.3.652
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
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: silk jersey, elastic, plastic, nylon net, metallic thread, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length: (Shoulder to hem) 49 1/2 (125.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width: (Shoulder to shoulder) 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: (Flat) 13 in. (33 cm)