Two-piece dress blouson sweater top and a matching long skirt by Gene Bailey

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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 is an aqua blue two-piece dress consisting of a blouson sweater top and a matching long skirt. The sweater has open-work crochet patterns at the top of each sleeve. The sleeves end in cuffs crocheted in a diamond pattern. The sweater has a V-neckline with ribbed edging, and a gathered elasticized waist with a ribbed waistband. The calf-length, gathered drop-waist skirt has a wide elasticized waist made up of a band of knit ribbing. The skirt also has the same open-work pattern at the hem as the sleeve, running up the skirt in vertical rows.

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