Pink and gold metallic dress with bow

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 gold metallic sheath silhouette evening dress. The dress is sleeveless and has a boat neck with wide shoulder straps. The dress is made of a light pink and gold metallic synthetic brocade. The brocade used to make the bodice is not attached to the waistband of the dress, creating the illusion that the dress is two sperate pieces. Two princess seams are along the bust of the dress with a three-inch diagonal dart at the bust. Pink syntenic fabric (likely acetate) is sewn below the bodice of the dress which mirrors the construction of the over bodice but without princess seams. The underbodice is attached to a pink synthetic satin waistband that is set above the natural waist. A self-fabric bow is tacked to the proper left side of the waistband. Two darts are sewn to each side of the dress below the waistband.

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