Red blouse with ruffles

Source catalog description

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 silk habotai blouse with ruffles. The blouse has a one-inch band collar with an additional two-inch ruffled collar sewn overtop. The blouse has a center front opening with seven red plastic buttons sewn down the proper left side of the center front opening. A self-fabric ruffle is sewn along the top eleven inches of each side of the center front opening. The long sleeves are gathered at the wrists in a one-inch-wide band with a self-fabric ruffle sewn below. Each sleeve has a five-inch slit along the side which closes at the cuff with a red plastic button. The blouse is unlined, machine sewn, and has a double fold hem. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back interior of the blouse. The label reads [SPORTS / GALORE™]. To the proper left side of the label is the remains of a smaller tag that was cut out.

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