Silver metallic dress with ruffles designed by Peter Davy

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver metallic dress with ruffles designed by Peter Davy. The short sleeve sheath dress is made of synthetic lamé, it has a round neckline with self-fabric bias tape. A V shaped panel of silver metallic mesh is used at the center front of the dress, ending below the bust. Trim made of two rows of silver metallic sequins are sewn along the edge of the mesh. Self-fabric ruffles are pleated and sewn along the edge of the mesh. The short sleeves are made of a self-fabric pleated ruffle with a synthetic silver mesh ruffle sewn below. Synthetic horsehair is sewn to the interior hem of each ruffle. A diagonal bust dart and a shaping dart are sewn on each side of the dress. Plastic silver metallic sequins and clear plastic beads are concentrated on the proper right side of the dress at hip level in an organic motif.

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