Costume for yellow brick road character in The Wiz on Broadway
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Designed by
content: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
label: Created by
content: Grace Costumes Inc., American, founded 1961
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow jump suit that is part of a Yellow Brick Road costume worn in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wonderful Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. The sleeveless costume is made of cotton voided velveteen creating vertical lines. It has a round neckline with a center front seam that continues to the split in the flared pantlegs. The neckline is higher at the back of the jumpsuit. A metal hook is sewn to the center of the neckline, the eye is missing. A metal zipper is sewn along the center back of the jumpsuit which ends below the hips. Two shaping darts are sewn to each side of the center back zipper at waist level. Multiple repairs have been made on the back of the proper right pantleg. Cotton bias tape is sewn along the armscyes and neckline. Three metal snaps are sewn along the bottom portion of each armscye, the proper left armscye has one snap missing. The top portion of the jumpsuit is lined with white cotton which ends below the hips, the pants are unlined. A woven fabric label is placed vertically and sewn along the center front seam which reads [Grace Costumes / New York].
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.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
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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 - Costume
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: 2007.3.132
objectType: label: Type
content: jump suits
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 velveteen, cotton, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 65 in. (165.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 14 in. (35.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 15 1/2 in. 39.4 cm