Brown knit dress with blue collar
date: label: Date
content: 1974-1979
name: label: Created by
content: Momentum
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A brown polyester long sleeve knit dress with a blue collar. The dress has a shift silhouette, it has a pointed collar with a V neckline. White, brown, and blue knitted synthetic trim is sewn below the neckline and along the bottom of the sleeves. The dress has a vertical stripe and a cable knit pattern throughout. A six-inch bust dart is sewn to each side, the dress ends below the knee. A brown thread belt loop is sewn along each side seam at waist level. A four-inch dart is sewn at the top of each shoulder on the back. A twenty-two-inch zipper is sewn along the center back seam, starting just below the collar. The single fold hem is secured with overcast machine stitching. The side seams are secured with overcast machine stitching, while the center back seam is left raw. The dress is unlined, and machine sewn. The dress is self-faced along the collar. A white cotton hanger loop is sewn below each shoulder at the interior. A woven fabric label is sewn to the proper left side of the center back zipper along the facing. The label reads [Momentum]. Two manufacturing labels are sewn below the designer label, the top label includes the size, and fabric content on the front. An International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) label is included on the back. A care 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.
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: 2007.3.697
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: polyester knit, synthetic knit trim, cotton ribbon, synthetic nonwoven fusible interfacing, plastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Length (shoulder to hem): 40 1/4 in. (102.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Width (shoulder to shoulder): 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist (flat): 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)