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Gold "Baby Doll Tangerine" dress worn on Soul Train by dancer Cheryl Song

1985

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A gold lamé mini dress with ruffled skirt designed by Tamechi (Toney) Briggs and worn by Cheryl Song on Soul Train in 1985. The dress is made entirely of gold lamé and features three-quarter length sleeves with puff shoulders, a deep ‘V’ neck, and a dropped ‘V’ waist with a short, ruffled skirt. There is a white cotton and metal zipper at the center of the back, below a keyhole design that fastens at the top with gold lamé ties.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2020.41.2

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