Gray tuxedo trousers worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1978-1994
name: label: Designed by
content: Bill Blass, founded 1970
label: Manufactured by
content: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of size 39-41, gray tuxedo trousers designed by Bill Blass and worn by Cab Calloway. The pants are solidly gray. At the waistband are two side adjusters; small silver tone buckles, one at each hip, attached to small cloth straps to cinch the waist. The trousers have a black satin stripe running down the outer leg seam. The trousers also have two side pockets, a front hook closure, and a zipper. There are two back pockets. The interior waistband is lined with white cotton and has four small, white, pearl buttons at the front, and two buttons, pearl white and clear, at the back, to attach suspenders. The rest of the pants are unlined. There is a white label with black printed text sewn to the interior back center of the waistband that reads [TO ADJUST: SLIDE TABS THEN CLOSE / R5 39-41 / MACHINE WASH WARM TUMBLE DRY / LOW – ONLY, NON-CHLORINE BLEACH. / WHEN NEEDED STEAM PRESS / 2977 MADE IN U.S.A.]. Printed vertically along the left edge of the tag is black text that reads [after Six FORMALS].
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III 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 Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.29.2
objectType: label: Type
content: trousers
label: Type
content: tuxedoes
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 (textile) on wool (textile) with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 41 1/8 × 23 1/16 × 1 in. (104.5 × 58.5 × 2.5 cm)