dress, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1995-2000
label: Date made
content: 1992-1993
name: label: maker
content: Talbots
label: used by
content: Cherkasky, Shirley E.
label: maker
content: Talbott
label: maker
content: Talbots
notes: label: Description
content: Navy with red and white striped star print cotton knit; BLOUSE has round neckline with center front opening that fastens with six navy with gold-rimmed enamel snaps; long set-in sleeves; box-shaped body; shoulder pads attached with Velcro, full SKIRT with wide elastic waistband and side seam pockets.
label: Description
content: Label text: Talbots / Petites / PS / 100% / Cotton/Coton / Made in Hong Kong /Fabrique en Hong Kong / CA 23147 / See Side Seam for Care
label: Description
content: This dress was acquired as an example of American Flag inspired clothing, in the museum's Looking American monthly public program held in July of 2003. It was also acquired as documentation of American patriotism in dress.
label: Description
content: Donor Shirley Cherkasky remarked that she once wore the dress while traveling for a business conference in Munich, Germany. When she entered the hotel dining room for breakfast, she realized she was the only American in the room and felt self-conscious for proclaiming her American identity by wearing this red white and blue dress.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used in
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: used in
content: Germany: Bavaria, Munich
topic: label: used for
content: Patriotic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Shirley E. Cherkasky
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0226.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 2-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: blouse center back: 17 1/2 in; 44.45 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt waistline: 26 1/4 in; 66.675 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt center back: 29 1/2 in; 74.93 cm