White leather jacket by Baby Phat
date: label: Date
content: 1999-2007
name: label: Created by
content: Baby Phat, American, founded 1999
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A white leather jacket by Baby Phat. The jacket is a variation of a bomber jacket and has a round neckline with a self fabric leather collar. White quilted patent leather vinyl is machine sewn to the top of each shoulder. The text [baby phat] is machine embordered to the proper left breast in silver metallic thread. The jacket opens in the center front with a metal zipper. A six inch slanted pocket with a metal zipper is set into each side of the center front opening. Each of the zipper pulls is embossed with the text [baby phat] in cursive letting. The front of the jacket has two princess seams. Double layered rib knit cotton is sew to the edges of the sleeves and bottom of the jacket, excluding the area surrounding the bottom of the zipper. The proper left sleeve has glass rhinestones in metal settings in the shape of a cat, the baby phat logo. The jacket has a center back seam and two side back seams. The inside of the jacket is lined with grey pattern weave with the baby phat logo woven vertically and horizontally. The edge of the zipper and neckline are self-faced with white leather. Adhesive in the shape of a rectangle is applied to the inside of the jacket along the proper right opening. A small self-fabric leather hanger loop is sewn to the interior center back of the collar. A small manufacturing label is sewn at the center of the loop. A rectangular woven label is sewn below the self-fabric loop which reads [baby phat] with a cat placed between the two words.
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: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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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: 2007.3.649
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
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: leather, cotton knit, synthetic, cotton flannel, glass rhinestones, metallic thread, metal, vinyl, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 23 × 16 1/2 in. (58.4 × 41.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)