Striped dress with cowl collar and matching belt
date: label: Date
content: ca.1970
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A striped dress with a cowl collar and matching belt. The dress (a) has a shift silhouette, and a double lined cowl collar. The cowl collar is made of wool crepe and is slightly open at the proper left side with two pointed edges at the front and back. The set in long sleeves are made of black wool crepe and are tapered and gathered at the cuffs. The cuffs are made of striped wool and have small slits along the interior seams. They are stiffened with interfacing and backed with black wool crepe. The body of the dress is made of red, blue, green, and black striped woven wool. Two self-fabric belt loops are set into the side seams at the waistline. An inseam pocket is sewn underneath each belt loop on either side, and they are lined with black wool crepe. The side seams at the bottom of the dress are left unstitched, creating slits. The back of the dress mirrors the construction of the front. The interior of the dress is unlined but has shoulder pads made of buckram and felt which are hand basted together. The matching belt (b) has a plastic buckle with a metal prong at one end of the belt. Three metal grommets are set into the other side of the belt. The exterior of the belt is made of the same striped wool fabric used for the dress but set on the bias. The back of the belt is lined with black wool crepe and has a plastic band inserted at the interior for stiffening.
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
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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: 2007.3.619ab
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: wool, wool crepe, interfacing, buckram, and felt
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a. dress): 42 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (108 × 39.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (b. belt): 33 × 3 in. (83.8 × 7.6 cm)