Pink dress and train made by Millicent Taylor from a sketch by Ann Lowe
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Millicent Taylor, American, 1911 - 1995
label: Designed by
content: Ann Lowe, American, 1898 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Pink evening dress (a) and train (b) made by Millicent Taylor from a sketch by Ann Lowe. The dress is made from bubblegum pink satin. It has a fitted off-shoulder bodice with a short standing neck and cap sleeves. The dress is fitted to the natural waist with a floor-length full circle skirt. Two (2) bands of pink tulle are sewn across the skirt with faux roses tacked to them at intervals creating a swag look. The flowers are made from pink satin and have metallic green synthetic fabric leaves. The dress closes at the center back with a zipper and three (3) hook-and-eyes. There is one (1) larger metal loop sewn above the zipper for attaching the train (b).
label: Description
content: The interior of the bodice is lined in pale peach synthetic faille and boning is sewn around the bodice. There is an attached petticoat made from the peach faille. Three (3) bands of cream plastic buckram are sewn around the exterior of the petticoat near the hem. The buckram also trims the inner hem of the skirt. White plastic buckram is gathered and pleated in bunches at each side waist to create pannier. Hanger loops made from white synthetic fabric are attached at each interior side waist. There are no labels.
label: Description
content: The train (b) is made from the same synthetic satin and is teardrop shaped with the point at the center back neck. The edges are trimmed in two rows of the pink tulle in a similar swag look to the skirt of the dress, with twelve (12) of the faux roses with leaves sewn around the swag at even intervals. The train is lined in the pale peach synthetic faille. There is one (1) large metal hook at the interior center top point for attaching the train to the back neck of the dress (a).
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
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: 2007.3.33ab
objectType: label: Type
content: trains (costume components)
label: Type
content: evening 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: a: synthetic satin, tulle, synthetic faille, plastic buckram, and metal fasteners;
label: Medium
content: b: synthetic satin, tulle, synthetic faille, and metal hook
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a flat): 53 1/2 × 70 1/2 in. (135.9 × 179.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b flat): 81 1/2 × 47 1/2 in. (207 × 120.7 cm)