Black wool dress designed by Kate Mack
date: label: Date
content: 2016
name: label: Designed by
content: Kate Mack, French, born 1971
notes: label: Description
content: Black boiled wool evening dress designed by Kate Mack. The floor-length column dress has a wide cowl neck, full-length fitted sleeves, and a thigh-high slit at the proper left front side of the skirt. It is made from small asymmetric pieces of black boiled wool seamed together using a machine-sewn lock stitch with the seams exposed on the facing side to create a three-dimensional textural quality. The dress is not lined except for the cowl portion of the bodice, which is double-sided with the exterior top edge being folded over to the interior and seamed at the bust. A black fabric label with white embroidered text reading "Kate Mack" is sewn at the interior center back neck.
place: label: Place made
content: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
label: Topic
content: Identity
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 Kate Mack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.17
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kate Mack
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: boiled wool
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 61 × 17 11/16 in. (155 × 45 cm)