Costume jacket for Addaperle in The Wiz on Broadway

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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 teal and silver jacket is part of a costume worn by Clarice Taylor as Addaperle in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. The long sleeve jacket is made from a synthetic teal fiber with supplemental warps that form a satin stripe. The hemline of the jacket is straight in front, tapering to a longer length in the back, where it comes to a point at the center back. There are several patches of fabric machine sewn in a random pattern to the teal ground using a zigzag stitch. The patches are made of dark blue and dark teal velvet and light green and medium green satin. The cuffs of the jacket are made of a solid teal synthic fiber and close with a snap. Blue and silver rhinestones are stitched at random all over the jacket and cuffs, sometimes with the rhinestones sewn over the patches.

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