suit, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1960 - 1965
name: label: designer
content: Dior, Christian
notes: label: Description
content: Main dress; entire body; Dior, Christian; jacket, skirt; navy and white houndstooth check; double breasted jacket; 4 navy button closures on left; 4 navy buttons on right; left side has one inner navy button closure; long set-in sleeves; pocket flaps lined in navy lining fabric at each side lower front; back has hemline pleat each side; shoulders lightly padded; fully lined in navy lining fabric with grey piping trim; center back length is 20 3/4" (52.7 cm). SKIRT: of same fabric; has ten panels arranged in five 2 3/4" (7 cm) deep box pleats; 2 in front and 3 in back; each pleat stitched to hipline; side zipper opening at left; waistband has one navy button closure at left; navy lining attached at waistband; has 10" (25.4 cm) slit at hemline center back seam; center back length is 25 1/2" (64.6 cm)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0581.00001
label: accession number
content: 1982.0581
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, 2-Piece
label: Other Terms
content: Suit, 2-Piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Female