Off-white blouse with wide tied collar designed by Arthur McGee

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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.

Off-white blouse with balloon sleeves and neck tie designed by Arthur McGee. The blouse is made from a thin off-white synthetic fabric with supplementary threads creating a striped design. The shirt is made from only two (2) pieces of fabric, seamed down the center front and center back with no seams at the shoulders or sleeves. There is a slit at the center front neck. An attached folded collar continues down each side with long ties that widen as they extend to the ends, which tie at the center front neck above the front slit. The cuffs of the full-length sleeves are gathered with elastic to create the balloon silhouette. The blouse is not lined. A cream fabric label with black embroidered text is sewn at the interior center back neck that reads "ARTHUR McGEE / N.Y.C.".

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