Grey dupioni silk evening dress by B Michael

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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.

Grey dupioni silk evening dress by B Michael. The floor-length dress is sleeveless with a high round neckline and a fitted bodice and waist. The bottom of the skirt widens dramatically into a full circle with five (5) sculptural pleats that are open along the top and grow slightly wider toward the bottom of the skirt. The pleats are tacked to the skirt at wide intervals around the top edges. Thin buckram or stiff tulle is placed inside each pleat so that it stands up when the dress is worn. The dress closes at the center back with a grey invisible zipper and one (1) hook-and-eye. The dress is fully lined in the grey dupioni. A white fabric label with black embroidered text reading "B Michael / NEW YORK" is sewn at the interior proper left back neck.

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