Dress, shawl, and belt with multicolored geometric 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 dress, shawl, and belt with a multicolored geometric pattern. All the elements of the ensemble are made of the same fabric, a synthetic likely polyester knit fabric printed with a chartreuse, pink, purple, and orange geometric pattern. The short-sleeved dress (a) has a cowl-neck style collar and is self-faced. Two vertical shaping darts and two diagonal bust darts all seven inches long are sewn on the front of the dress. A twenty-two-inch-long metal zipper is sewn to the back of the dress. Two vertical shaping darts eight inches long are sewn on the back of the dress. The dress is self-lined except for the sleeves. The interior edge of the neckline is finished with half inch wide orange/yellow synthetic twill tape. The dress has a single fold hem which is finished with half inch wide, mauve-colored synthetic twill tape. The interior seams are machine sewn and have raw edges.

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