Pink and yellow plaid dress with ruffles

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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 pink and yellow plaid sleeveless dress with ruffles. The dress is made of red, orange, pink, and yellow striped rayon twill with a striped rayon chiffon overlayer. The stripes on the rayon twill underlayer are horizontal while the stripes on the chiffon overlayer are vertical. The two sets of perpendicular stripes create a plaid pattern effect. The dress has a shift silhouette and a round neckline. Bright pink topstitching along the neckline creates the illusion of a one-inch-wide band collar. A five-and-a-half-inch diagonal bust dart is sewn on each side ending at the side seams. Two thirteen-inch-long vertical shaping darts are sewn along the front and back of the dress on the rayon twill inner layer. A six-inch self-fabric ruffle made of striped rayon chiffon is sewn below the neckline. The ruffles are gathered at the center and the edges are stiffened with monofilament wire.

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