Costume dress worn on Soul Train by dancer Debra Winters

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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.

This dress was worn by dancer Debra Winters on the television show Soul Train in 1987. The dress is made from a synthetic knit stretch fabric with a printed design of geometric shapes in pink, yellow, green, blue, and purple on a black ground. The dress is strapless with a scoop neck and an open back. It fastens at the center back neck with a clear plastic hook attached through a self-fabric loop. A length of elastic is sewn inside the hem of the skirt to keep it in place on the wearer's legs. The dress is not lined and there are no labels.

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