Blue dress with embellished cream trim and matching shorts

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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.

A blue dress with embellished cream trim and matching shorts. The sleeveless full-length dress (a) is made of synthetic crepe, it has a band collar and a V neckline. A four-inch vertical bust dart is sewn on each side. Braided cream cotton trim is sewn along the collar, neckline, and below the bust. Alternating faux plastic pearls and plastic rhinestones in metal settings are sewn along the trim. The seam below the bustline is slightly gathered on the front and the back of the dress. A center front seam is sewn below the bustline, it is sewn along the top five inches, then transitions into a slit. The edges of the slit are ironed to the interior, there are no exterior seams along the slit. The back of the dress has a twenty-two-inch metal zipper sewn along the center back.

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