Red, cream, and navy dress and belt with square pattern

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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 red, cream, and navy shift dress and a matching belt with square pattern. The dress (a) has a V neckline with a wide pointed lapel collar, long set-in sleeves, and two bust darts. The dress is made of cream knitted synthetic possibly polyester. The pattern on the dress is mirrored at the center front. A band of red is printed on the edges of the sleeves, collar, hem, and the center front. Two different sizes of squares are printed across the dress in red, navy, and cream outlined in a thin line of black. The text “Mr. Dino” is printed in cursive in small black text on the bottom of each sleeve, and on the front and back of the dress close to the hem. The collar is smaller in the back and has two metal hooks on the proper right and two metal eyes on the proper left.

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