Light pink dress worn by Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in The Color Purple
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Designed by
content: Aggie Guerard Rodgers, American, born 1943
label: Manufactured by
content: Palace Costume Company, American, founded 1990
label: Worn by
content: Whoopi Goldberg, American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: Alice Walker, American, born 1944
notes: label: Description
content: Light pink dress worn by Whoopi Goldberg as the character Celie Harris Johnson in the film "The Color Purple." The ankle-length dress with three-quarter length tapered sleeves, gathered waist, and full skirt is made from a pale pink cotton with details in a pink, white, and gray woven striped check. The spread collar with a long square back, the cuffs of the sleeves, the waist band, the two (2) patch pockets on each front side hip of the skirt, and a center panel on the front skirt are all made of the striped check fabric. The collar is trimmed with cream floral lace with a scalloped edge. The dress closes down the center front with two (2) small round mother of pearl buttons with a star design and one (1) metal hook-and-eye fastener at the neck, and at the front waistband with one (1) metal hook-and-eye fastener, two (2) medium round mother of pearl buttons, and four (4) metal snaps. A slit is left open below the waistband closure on the proper left side of the skirt. The dress is not lined. Two labels are sewn at the interior center back neck; the bottom is a white cloth label with illegible black handwritten text above brown printed text reading "Palace Costume Co."; the top label is a white cloth label with a barcode adhered to the front of it and printed text above the barcode reading "PALACE COSTUME CO." and text below the barcode reading "37005001".
place: label: Place used
content: North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
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content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
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content: Families
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content: Film
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Violence
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.184.4
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: cotton with mother of pearl buttons and metal closures
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 50 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 15 in. (128.9 × 48.9 × 38.1 cm)