Black beaded jacket and black crepe skirt by Fabrice

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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.

Beaded long jacket (.1) and black crepe skirt (.2) by Fabrice. The jacket (.1) is made from black silk crepe and is heavily embellished in an all over beaded design of a floral vine in silver with copper accents. The upper body of the jacket is made like a blazer with a shawl collar and full-length sleeves. At the waist it blossoms out into a full high-low skirt that is longest at the center back where it hits above the ankle. The jacket closes at the center front waist with one (1) rounded clear glass button. It is fully self-lined. Shoulder pads are sewn between the lining and the facing fabrics. Fiber content, care, and size labels are sewn at the interior proper left waist side seam. Picked stitches and pulls at the interior center back neck suggest there was a label previously present. The skirt (.2) is made from black silk crepe.

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