Red twill wrap top and skirt by Moshood
date: label: Date
content: 1980s-1990s
name: label: Designed by
content: Moshood, Nigerian American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red twill wrap halter top and wrap skirt with a printed face by Moshood. The top (a) is made of one length of red synthetic twill, the edges of the scarf have a double fold and are machine sewn. A face printed with black ink and the text [MOSHOOD] is printed slightly off center on the front of the wrap top. The face has a wide X at the top between the eyes and three lines printed on each side of the nose. The skirt (b) has a self-fabric inch and a half waistband which continues into a tie on each side, the tie on the proper right side is half the length as the one on the proper left side. The proper left panel wraps around the waist first then the proper right panel wraps overtop, the wrap ties secure on the proper left side of the waistband. The proper right panel has a curved seam. Four darts are sewn to the back of the skirt, starting at the bottom of the waistline grouped in pairs. A face printed with black ink and the text [MOSHOOD] is printed on the proper left back. The face has a wide X at the top between the eyes and three lines printed on each side of the nose. The skirt is unlabeled, unlined, and machine sewn.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
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: 2007.3.280ab
objectType: label: Type
content: shirts
label: Type
content: skirts
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 twill
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a. top): 140 × 10 in. (355.6 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (b. skirt): 40 × 56 in. (101.6 × 142.2 cm)