Black dress worn by Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
date: label: date made
content: around 2016
name: label: wearer
content: Brosnahan, Rachel
label: producer
content: Sherman-Palladino, Amy
label: maker
content: Eric Winterling, Inc.
label: designer
content: Zakowska, Donna
notes: label: Description
content: Black cocktail dress worn by Rachel Brosnahan in the Amazon series <i>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</i>. The coat was designed by Donna Zakowska and made by Eric Winterling, Inc. The dress has a pleated skirt with a fitted waist and black leather belt with a rectangular buckle. The straps are thick with rectangular bows positioned at the shoulders and the back has a shallow "V" neck.
label: Description
content: This dress was worn in a scene in the season one finale of <i>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</i> in which Midge Maisel performs her first professional comedy set, at New York's Gaslight Cafe. Capping a season of marital problems and struggle to create a life for herself as an individual, Midge experiences a triumphant moment. Midge’s estranged husband Joel finally watches her perform and defends her after men heckle her with sexist remarks. Midge ends the performance by proclaiming “My name is Mrs. Maisel. Thank you and Goodnight!”
label: Description
content: <i>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel</i> was one of the most acclaimed streaming series of the 2010s, winning numerous Emmy Awards and critical praise for its nuanced portrayal of mid-20th century women’s life, urban Jewish identity, and the 1960s comedy scene. Showrunner and creator Amy Sherman-Palladino was lauded for the series’ exploration of women's lives in mid-20th century America, including marriage and separation, societal expectations, beauty, systemic gender inequality, motherhood, and the struggle to navigate male-dominated workplaces. Sherman-Palladino is one of the most active and celebrated female writers and producers in the entertainment industry today, having also created <i>The Gilmore Girls</i> and becoming the first woman in history to win in the comedy writing and directing categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
label: Description
content: Mrs. Maisel costume designer Donna Zakowska earned critical acclaim for creating beautiful and historically-accurate clothing that helped to advance and support the series’ narrative. Zakowska, who won an Emmy for her work outfitting Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney in the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams, also won an Emmy for Outstanding Period Costumes for Maisel’s second season.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0313.01.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0313
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0313.01.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 18 in x 3 in; 96.52 cm x 45.72 cm x 7.62 cm