dress
date: label: Date made
content: 1986-1987
name: label: maker
content: Mackie, Bob
notes: label: Description
content: Irridescent lavender taffeta dress with beaded overbodice of matching organdy; fitted bodice; wide scooped neckline in front and V-neckline in back with floating iris appliques in lavender and irridescent purple sequins that have gold bugle bead stamens pointing outward; remainder of bodice covered in clear sequins and irridescent matte sequins, w/some rhinestones outlined in silver bugle beads representing leaves; some petals extend beyond neckline or armhold; additional flower at right front waistline; shoulder straps; CB handsewn zipper fastening in bodice and underlayer of skirt, beneath slit; hook at top; shaped bodice bottom w/lavishly gathered, wrap skirt, constructed with a double layer of fabric; skirt curves upward in front and wraps at left front; puff hem around bottom and along front edges; net interlining.
label: Description
content: Bob Mackie designed exclusively for TV and movies; donor says this was from the first collection made for Seventh Ave. to be sold in stores.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lilly F. Lawrence
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0108.002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 49 1/2 in; 125.73 cm