Red, cream, and navy dress and belt with square pattern
date: label: Date
content: ca.1970
name: label: Created by
content: Mr. Dino, American, 1950 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Gerri Major, American, 1894 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red, cream, and navy shift dress and a matching belt with square pattern. The dress (a) has a V neckline with a wide pointed lapel collar, long set-in sleeves, and two bust darts. The dress is made of cream knitted synthetic possibly polyester. The pattern on the dress is mirrored at the center front. A band of red is printed on the edges of the sleeves, collar, hem, and the center front. Two different sizes of squares are printed across the dress in red, navy, and cream outlined in a thin line of black. The text “Mr. Dino” is printed in cursive in small black text on the bottom of each sleeve, and on the front and back of the dress close to the hem. The collar is smaller in the back and has two metal hooks on the proper right and two metal eyes on the proper left. A plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn to the center back of the collar. The bottom of the zipper transitions into a center back seam. The edges of the sleeves are finished with machine overcast stitches and are hand tacked to the interior. The hem of the dress is folded under, it is machine stitched to cream synesthetic lace and hand tacked to the dress’s interior. The front of the collar folds inwards and is backed with white synthetic interfacing. A paper sticker is attached to the front of the collar on the interior proper left side that reads “295-5.00” in blue ink. A metal snap is sewn to the top of each shoulder at the dress’s interior. A label is sewn to the center back of the dress’s interior to the proper left of the center back zipper. The label reads [Mr. Dino / NEW YORK PARIS FLORENCE], and a manufacturing label is sewn underneath.
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.
place: label: Place made
content: Miami, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2007.3.276ab
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
label: Type
content: belts (costume accessories)
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 fiber, metal, plastic, lace, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a. dress): 42 × 14 1/2 in. (106.7 × 36.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (b. belt): 62 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (158.8 × 3.8 cm)