Floor-length gown worn by Janet Jackson as Mae West costume

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 peach and pink long-sleeve floor-length gown with ruffled pink trim on the neckline, sequin floral patterns cascading down the front, and colorful tulle skirt. Sleeves are pink, and torso is light orange, with color changing back to pink on diagonal from proper left hip to proper right knee. A thin band of rhinestones runs from shoulder to wrist. Cascading pink and orange sequin pattern starts at proper right shoulder and moves to proper left hip and flows down to proper right knee and into the tulle skirt. Tulle skirt is red, orange, yellow, and purple. No labels present.

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