A pink damask evening gown with a modified sweetheart neckline. The dress is made of synthetic damask in the pattern of leaves and horizontal stripes with metallic thread. The dress is sleeveless and has wide shoulder straps that are shirred at the front…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.626
A pink silk dupion draped turban with fringe. The base of the hat is made of double-layered nylon blocked into shape with silk dupion draped and hand-stitched to the exterior. Cotton organdie is used to back the silk dupion and is attached with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.458
Pink evening dress (a) and train (b) made by Millicent Taylor from a sketch by Ann Lowe. The dress is made from bubblegum pink satin. It has a fitted off-shoulder bodice with a short standing neck and cap sleeves. The dress is fitted to the natural waist…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.33ab
A medium pink dress shirt designed by Brioni and worn by Reverend Ike. The shirt is made from pink cotton with a stipe patterned weave. The shirt has a standard collar and full-length sleeves with fitted cuffs. The shirt closes at the center front with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.49.2.3
A pink synthetic silk dress with an all-over damask feather pattern woven into the fabric. Each feather has a line of plastic rhinestones with metal settings punched along the stem. A metal Talon zipper is machine stitched to the proper left of the bodice.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.602
A dusty rose-pink cotton-synthetic blend plain weave fabric. The selvages remain lengthwise and the widthwise ends are cut and left raw. There is no label.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1037
Pink faux flower accessory owned by Mary Church Terrell. There is a bunch of small flowers with mutlicolored pink and white heads. Each flower has a green stems and the grouping of stems is tied with twine. Some of the stems are missing the flower heads.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2017.13.1.19.8
A pink faux patent leather purse from Mae's Millinery Shop. The purse is rectangular with curved sides and a metal frame clamshell top opening. A loop of the faux leather forms a short handle along the top. The interior is lined with faux pink leather.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.176
A magenta wool felt hat with green top stitching and a short brim. The left side of the brim is slightly turned up. There is a magenta hatband that is adhered to the exterior crown and ends in a single loop. White paper coated wire is visible between the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.558
A pink floral brocade pillbox hat. The top of the crown and side of the crown are made of two separate panels which are sewn together. Two pleats are sewn along the side of the crown. A seam is along the center back on the side of the crown. The edge of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.871
A pink floral damask pillbox hat with detached net. The hat (a) is made of light pink synthetic damask with floral patterning. The hat is made of two panels of synthetic damask, one ovoid piece for the top of the crown and the other piece for the side of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.775ab
A pink floral drop waist dress (a) with a belt (b) and fabric scrap (c). The dress (a) features a rounded neckline with a scalloped yoke made from two panels of blond lace – one for the front and one for the back. The yoke extends to the armscye, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.856abc
A pink floral headband with a tulle veil. The headband has a diadem-shaped wire base and is covered with light pink synthetic taffeta fabric. Adhered to the headband base are light pink synthetic fabric flowers and leaves with plastic stems and pistils…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.688
A pink lace evening dress with a ruffled train. The dress features a sheath silhouette and an internal bodice with a sweetheart neckline made from three panels of light pink synthetic satin. There is one central panel for the bodice and two side panels…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.219
A pink flower hat with a velvet bow and pin. The structure of the hat is made of metal wire wrapped in pink synthetic. The top of the hat is covered in pink, green, and cream fabric flowers. The petals are ombre and transition from pink, cream and green.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.774ab
A pillbox hat adorned with pink and white flowers. The top of the crown is flat and tapers straight downwards at the sides. The base of the hat is made of pink buckram. The exterior of the hat is covered in velvet and synthetic silk flowers attached to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.420
A beret-style hat made from pink synthetic fur. The interior of the hat is lined with pink, machine-made lace with a floral pattern. A pink Petersham ribbon is stitched along the interior brim. Two steal pins have been inserted into the Petersham ribbon on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.590
A two-piece costume ensemble designed by Melvin James and worn by Little Richard consisting of a top (a) and pants (b) in gold satin with a pink and green floral brocade pattern trimmed in hot pink fringe. The top has a high neckline with fuschia sequins…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.53.1ab
Pink bandage dress with side cut-outs attributed to Herve Leger. The dress is made from panels of heavy ribbed knit fabric to make the front and back, which contour in at the waist and then out at the hips with a straight floor-length column skirt. These…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.141.24
Pink sheer handkerchief with white polka dots from Mae's Millinery Shop. The dots are smaller toward the middle of the handkerchief. It has a rolled hem. A label with fiber content, style, and care information is sewn to one side.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.59
A pink wool felt hat with a brim and a pink wool feather adhered to the right side. There are gathered stitches at the base of the crown. The interior of the hat is unlined with a pink Petersham ribbon stitched along the interior brim and two fabric labels…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.475
A light pink bucket-shaped hat with bows. The hat features a high crown and a sloped brim. The base is constructed from buckram covered with a shiny light plink plain weave synthetic (possibly acetate). A band of pink chiffon fabric covers the brim and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.513
A pale pink hat with feathers and rhinestones. The hat is made of one piece of blocked wool felt. The hat fits closely to the head and has no brim. The construction of the hat is asymmetrical as there is a crease on the proper left side of the hat. Pink…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.439