dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1984
name: label: designer
content: Arnold Scaasi
label: designer
content: Scaasi, Arnold
notes: label: Description
content: Black velvet and off-white guipure lace; black velvet flower appliques on floral pattern lace over black velvet underdress; strapless, lined boned bodice; curved front edge with a row of black velvet flowers with cutout petals along the top; center back zipper opening; bell-shaped skirt which dips into train in back; layers of gathered black tulle between outer skirt and inner silk lining.
label: Description
content: Scaasi item #8032 from Fall 1984 collection.
label: Description
content: The garments in this accession were acquired because they represent custom-made/designer clothing in the latter part of the twentieth century - a part of the garment industry that is fading away. They also demonstrate construction techniques which are not readily applied or taught today because they are labor intensive and costly. Additionally, this particular dress was chosen because it incorporated at the time newly developed textiles which applied machine techniques to what was once done by hand, such as embroidery and beading.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
label: made in
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arnold Scaasi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0086.004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-piece
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back: 52 1/2 in; 133.35 cm