Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Pink and white lace dress with rhinestones and bow by Peter Davy
1980s
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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 pink and white lace dress with rhinestones and bow by Peter Davy. The light pink dress has leg of mutton sleeves with puffs at the shoulders and sleeves that taper towards the wrist. It is mid-length and trumpets out at the bottom. The body of the dress has a light pink synthetic knit and is covered in a layer of floral cream synthetic machine lace. The dress has a rounded neckline with a deep V-neck cut out covered in cream synthetic machine lace that extends to the waistline. Iridescent glass rhinestones are set in along the lace surface and the deep v cut out is trimmed with silver plastic sequins and clear plastic seed beads. Self-fabric knit pink piping edges both the front and back of the rounded neckline. Iridescent glass rhinestones also edge each sleeve cuff.
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Catalog reference: 2007.3.115
