Wedding dress with beaded lace bodice
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Created by
content: Bill Washington, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A white wedding dress with a beaded lace bodice. The dress has a white band collar with white machine lace trim. Beaded fringe made from white plastic round and teardrop beads hangs from the band collar. The front bodice is composed of one panel of white floral machine lace. Plastic rhinestone and white sequined ornaments are handstitched to various places throughout the bodice. White organza ruffles are sewn into the seam between the bodice and puff sleeves. Each sleeve is made from one panel of white machine lace fabric. There is machine lace band around the waist between the bodice and the iridescent organza skirt. The outer skirt is made from one panel and the hem is stitched selvedge. The back of the lace collar features a metal hook and eye closure and a velcro closure. The back bodice is composed of two panels of white machine lace. A white plastic YKK zipper has been sewn into the center back seam. The zipper begins at the collar and ends in the skirt has been partially machine stitched and partially handstitched into place. A large, white organza bow is hand stitched to the center back of the bodice. There is a sequin beaded ornament stitched to the loop of the bow. The dress is lined a white synthetic plain weave material. There is a white label attached to the interior of the bodice on the proper right side that reads reads [Bill Washington; Designer; Washington, DC] in black text. The interior bodice is composed of three panels; the front is one piece and the back is two pieces joined by a zipper in the center seam. Both the out and interior skirt is hand gathered together with black thread and machine stitched to the bodice. The inner layer of the skirt is made from three panels.
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: 2007.3.601
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
label: Type
content: wedding 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: Synthetic organza, machine lace, synthetic plan weave satin, starched net plastic, plain weave lining, metal, velcro, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Shoulder to hem): 57 1/2 in (146.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width: (Waist) 47 in.(119.4 cm)