Brown and orange jacket and pants worn on Soul Train by dancer Tim Harrell

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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 suit, consisting of a Nehru jacket (.1) and pants (.2) was worn by dancer Tim Harrell on the television show Soul Train between 1985 and 1988. Both are made from the same iridescent black and orange fabric that has supplemental warp and weft threads creating broken streaks with the black streaks vertical and the orange streaks horizontal. The Nehru jacket (.1), as typical of the style, has a standing collar and a single-breasted center front closure. It fastens with five (5) self-fabric covered butthons, though the fourth from the top is missing. The topmost button is held on with a safety pin. There is one (1) welt pocket at the proper left breast and two (2) flap pockets, one at each front side waist. The sleeves are full-length and straight cut without cuffs. Three (3) self-fabric buttons are sewn at each cuff for decoration. The jacket is fully lined in black synthetic fabric.

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