Red Sequined Shoes worn with Native American Prom Dress
notes: label: Description
content: Isabella Aiukli Cornell’s Prom Dress and Accessories, 2018
label: Description
content: Girls have not only used fashion for self-expression, but also to promote social change. Isabella Aiukli Cornell, a Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma citizen, wore these shoes with her prom dress, which she used to call attention to the systemic violence and abuse faced by Indigenous women. She chose the color red in solidarity for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s movement.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Prom
label: Subject
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Isabella Aiukli Cornell and Sarah Adams-Cornell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0100.03
label: accession number
content: 2019.0100
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0100.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (sequins material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (one shoe): 7 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 18.415 cm x 8.89 cm x 24.765 cm