A black and white letterman style jacket by Cross Colours. The jacket has a rounded neckline and a black rib knitted collar with two white stripes. The jacket opens in the center front and closes with seven white metal snaps. The body of the jacket is made…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.76.2
A left black and white paisley printed sneaker. The sneaker is made of white cotton canvas printed with a black paisley pattern. A strip of cotton bias tape runs along the exterior of the shoe, top line, around the quarter, and the tongue. Five black metal…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1077
A black-and-white plaid wool suit, with jacket (a) and culottes (b), designed by Aziza Braithwaite Bey for her Elena Braith label. The double-breasted jacket features a black collar, wide lapels, and six round, black buttons (the third button on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2021.94.1.3ab
Black and white raffia hat with a black grosgrain ribbon bow designed by Mae Reeves. The hat is made from black and white raffia woven together. It has a short round crown and a short asymmetric brim that is turned up in the front and very short in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.28
Black and white sequin dress worn by Ophelia DeVore. The dress is made from off-white knit wool that is contoured to the body at the hip. It is sleeveless with a boat neck knee-high slits at each side of the floor-length sheath skirt. It is covered…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.25.3.1
A pair of wide legged pants with black and white vertical stripes designed by Louis Wells and worn by Verdine White, bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire. The pants are made from a stiff upholstery grade fabric. They close at the center front waist with a black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.147.3.3
Wide-brimmed sun hat designed by Mae Reeves made from tightly braided black cotton thread sewn in concentric circles. The hat has a high round crown with a short brim attached as one piece. Between this inner brim and a solid black outer brim are fifteen…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.42.1
A black and white linen tunic and skirt by Lepenski. The tunic (a) has a rounded band collar with a center front placket ending in a rounded point. A plastic button and self-fabric button loop are sewn to the bottom half of the placket. The top of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.314ab
A pair of black and white wingtip pumps with pointed toes and faux wood heels. The shoes are white and have decorative panels of black faux lizard leather with perforated edges. These are adhered to the white leather exterior at the vamp and counter to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1015ab
A black apron with two front pockets, a strap for the neck, and two ties for the waist. Printed on the front is an illustration of the face of a woman wearing a chef's toque. She has locked hair and wears white hoop earrings and red lipstick. Directly…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.27.10
Black beaded fashion accessory from Mae's Millinery Shop. Black beads of various sizes and shapes are hand sewn to a scalloped shape piece of black fabric. The piece is centered on a length of black velvet ribbon so that a length of ribbon protrudes from…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.92.2
This is a black beaded evening bag belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The bag is a square purse with a scalloped top. It has a hinged opening. The opening closes with a metal snap closure. The exterior of the bag is covered in tiny black beads sewn into…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.63
Octagonal box bag with black beaded body and orange plastic top and lid. The bag is lined with black fabric and has one interior pouch pocket with an elastic top. The bag closes with a metal clasp at the center front. The handle is made of cloth covered…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.82
Black beaded collar from Mae's Millinery Shop. The collar is shaped from black gauze in a long column with a pointed end and two short pieces on each side of the top end. A design of flowers and leaves made from black beads and sequins is hand sewn to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.92.3
This black beaded full-length gown was designed by Zelda Wynn and worn by Ella Fitzgerald. The dress is made from black synthetic crepe fabric that is hand beaded with black glass seed and bugle beads, and black sequins in a floral vine design. The bodice…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.20.1
Black pouch handbag made from grosgrain material with decorative beading in black seed and bugle beads. The bag has a fold over top flap that closes with a single metal snap. The bag has a fabric handle with beaded decorations. The interior is lined with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.92.1
Black beaded purse with lavender flowers from Mae's Millinery Shop. The purse is oblong and is covered all over in seed beads. On each side near the bottom are two (2) lavender flowers with red centers and green leaves. A silver scrollwork border is beaded…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.54
Beaded long jacket (.1) and black crepe skirt (.2) by Fabrice. The jacket (.1) is made from black silk crepe and is heavily embellished in an all over beaded design of a floral vine in silver with copper accents. The upper body of the jacket is made like a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.141.20.1-.2
This is a black beret with a round patch attached to the right side. The patch has a black background with red border. In the center of the patch is a smaller circle with a green background. In the circle is a graphic of two hands clasping, outlined in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.72.2
Black wool felt beret designed by Mae Reeves with hand beading using black bugle beads in meandering three-columned lines interspersed with spirals. Spaces between the bugle bead elements are filled in with black seed beads in a vermicelli pattern. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.40.1
A braided black straw beret with a ribbon decoration. The hat has a wide flat circular crown that extends further outward than the brim. At the center top of the crown, braided straw spirals outwards. A hat band made of black silk synthetic petersham…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.411
A single-breasted black cashmere sport jacket worn by Gil Scott-Heron. The jacket has a notched collar and straight full-length sleeves, with a single vent in the center back. It closes at the center front with two (2) marbled black plastic buttons. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.52.2
A black blouse with lace trim designed by Jay Smith. The blouse is made of synthetic organza and a has band collar made of two bands of synthetic lace. The top band of lace is gathered at the bottom. The blouse has a sheer yoke which is broken up into four…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.346
A black bodice with a lace collar and jet beading. The bodice is made of black silk faille and has a two-inch ruched band collar with silk bobbin lace hand sewn to the top. The bodice has two openings, the first on the proper left side which starts at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.705
