Pink jersey dress with embroidered shoulder panels by Scott Barrie

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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 colored silk jersey dress with two embroidered panel inserts. The dress features a rounded square neckline, faced with self-fabric. The front of the dress is composed of three continuous panels of fabric - one for the center and one for each side that are gathered at the waist. A .5” band of elastic that has been bast stitched to the inside of the dress, cinching the waist. There are two pink chain stitched thread belt loops – one on the proper left and right of the waist. The corresponding belt is missing. The full-length sleeves are one panel of fabric each seamed at the inner arm. The sleeves are slightly gathered and sewn into the shoulder which features a 1.625” wide panel of an embroidered metallic geometric design with pink diamond and triangle shapes against a blue background. There are two inseam pockets (one on each side) with self-lining.

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