Description

A turquoise blue dress with a nude bodice embellished in turquoise blue and silver, and a full ruffled skirt. The bodice of the dress is made from a brown sheer chiffon fabric and shaped with a high rounded front neckline and open back, and full-length fitted sleeves. Turquoise blue machine lace flowers are cut and placed strategically at the shoulders, cuffs, and breasts in groups of four (4). Each flower is hand decorated with seven (7) small clear rhinestones attached at the center, and large flat iridescent white beads sewn around the lace flower petals. In the middle of the four (4) flowers at each breast are a cluster of iridescent clear sequins in varying sizes with a silver seed bead sewn at the center of each sequin. This same design element is used below the topmost of the four (4) flowers on each shoulder. Long strands of silver bugle and seed bead fringe are sewn within the flower clusters of each shoulder and left loose to dangle down the arms. A line of small iridescent clear sequins each with a silver seed bead in the middle is sewn around the entire neckline. The stiff, wide waistband sits high on the waist and is made from turquoise blue satin overlaid in turquoise blue net lace with an all-over pattern of blue woven dots. The full, floor-length skirt is made from the same materials as the waistband, with the heavy weight satin overlaid in the net lace. The net lace overlay...

Record Contributed By

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution