Grey, blue, and maize-colored cotton striped dress designed by Willi Smith
date: label: Date
content: 1969-1987
name: label: Designed by
content: Willi Donnell Smith, American, 1948 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Grey, blue, and maize-colored cotton striped dress designed by Willi Smith for WilliWear Limited.
label: Description
content: The dress is a straight cut shift dress with a scoop neck and short shirt sleeves. There is a breast pocket on the proper left side, with angled bottom corners. The fabric is a heather grey cotton with vertical navy blue and yellow stripes in varying widths.
label: Description
content: There are two tags sewn into the back of the collar on the inside. The top tag is white and reads [Willi Smith] in red and [WiLLiWear] in grey. The tag below is white and reads [M / MADE IN INDIA / 100% COTTON / HAND WASH / SEPARATELY / IN COLD WATER] in black.
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 design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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: 2007.3.158
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: cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Width: Sleeve to sleeve): 50 × 38 1/4 in. (127 × 97.2 cm)