Costume worn by Terry Ellis in “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” video
date: label: Date
content: 1992
name: label: Designed by
content: Danny Flynn
label: Worn by
content: Terry Lynn Ellis, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: En Vogue, American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A costume worn by Terry Ellis of En Vogue for the music video “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (1992) comprised of a dress (.1), a bra (.2), a pair of bikini briefs (.3), and a pair of shoes (.4ab).
label: Description
content: Dress (.1): Mini-length shift dress made of small (1/4-inch) interlocking silver metal octagonal discs. The dress is sleeveless, with a deep v-neck front and a low-cut straight back bodice. The dress is not lined.
label: Description
content: Bra (.2): Metallic silver bra in an underwire demi cup style with adjustable straps and an adjustable hook-and-eye back closure. The bra is not lined.
label: Description
content: Bikini briefs (.3): Metallic silver bikini style briefs. The briefs are not lined.
label: Description
content: Shoes (.4ab): Pair of metallic silver close-toed high-heeled shoes. The shoes have a pointed silver toe cap attached to a vamp made of silver glittered mesh. Two silver straps border the back edge of the vamp and cross at the top of the vamp, continuing across the top of the foot and attached to the sole just in front of the heel. A silver heel strap is attached to the front straps. The curved heels have a tan rubber bottom. A black non-slip rubber pad is adhered to the front half of the soles with a logo of a cat punching above the words "CAT'S PAW."
place: label: Place used
content: Oakland, Alameda County, California, 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
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 En Vogue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.189.10.1-.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: bikinis (underwear)
label: Type
content: brassieres
label: Type
content: pumps (shoes)
label: Type
content: sheath 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: Dress: aluminum mesh
label: Medium
content: Bra: Polyester fiber, polyurethane and metal (underwire)
label: Medium
content: Bikini briefs: nylon and spandex
label: Medium
content: Shoes: leather, plastic, rubber, metal and glittered mesh
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.1, Dress, flat): 28 1/2 × 16 in. (72.4 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1, Dress, on form): 27 × 12 3/4 × 10 in. (68.6 × 32.4 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.2, Bra, flat): 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (24.8 × 31.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2, Bra, on form): 9 1/2 × 10 × 9 in. (24.1 × 25.4 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.3, Bikini briefs, flat): 8 × 12 1/4 in. (20.3 × 31.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.3, Bikini briefs, on form): 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 8 in. (21.6 × 31.8 × 20.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.4a, Shoe (left)): 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 10 in. (14 × 8.3 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.4b, Shoe (right)): 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 10 in. (14 × 8.3 × 25.4 cm)