dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1955-1960
name: label: maker
content: Sportswhirl
label: designed by
content: Campbell, Jeanne
label: purchased at
content: Lord & Taylor
label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Sportswhirl
notes: label: Description
content: Red with white polka-dots; square neckline in front; V-neckline in back; shoulder straps; shoulder straps become bands at edge of neckline in back and extend into ties to tie into bow at center back above zipper; center back opening; fitted bodice; circular skirt; right side seam pocket; red thread belt loops
label: Description
content: Label text: Sport Whirl / Designed by Jeanne Campbell
label: Description
content: This style was popular in the late 1950s, early 1960s. Jeanne Campbell began designing for Sportswhirl in 1951. She designed for active young people with emphasis on high style without high prices. Campbell won the Coty Award in 1955.
label: Description
content: Donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth was a buyer for Lord & Taylor and was involved in Lord & Taylor's American Look program of the 1930s to 60s. American Look was developed to promote American designers. Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.013
label: catalog number
content: 2000.0093.013
label: accession number
content: 2000.0093
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: 36 1/2 in; 92.71 cm