Dress shirt donated by Soul Train dancer Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans
date: label: Date
content: after 1992
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Lucasini, American, founded 1992
label: Subject of
content: Soul Train, American, 1971 - 2006
notes: label: Description
content: This white dress shirt is similar in appearance to one worn by dancer Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans on the television show "Soul Train."
label: Description
content: The shirt is a white tuxedo style dress shirt with a pleated front chest. The shirt closes down the center front with six (6) clear plastic round buttons. Above the second and third buttons are small black plastic decorative removable buttons, which are the only buttons displayed if the shirt is worn under a formal jacket. The shirt has a banded, wing-tip collar. The full-length sleeves have slit cuffs that close with a single clear plastic button.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
label: Topic
content: Television
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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 Thomas "Tom Tom" Evans
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.30.3
objectType: label: Type
content: dress shirts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton and polyester
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 34 7/8 × 25 × 13 1/2 in. (88.6 × 63.5 × 34.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 34 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (87.6 × 52.1 cm)