Light green button up shirt by Everett Hall

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 light green cotton button up shirt by Everett Hall. The shirt features a collar made from one front panel piece and one back panel piece with a layer of stiffener in between. The front of the shirt consists of two panel pieces. The proper right panel has a concealed button placket that covers seven round plastic pearlized button closures with two additional buttons on the bottom of the shirt. The proper left panel has the corresponding seven buttonholes. Each sleeve is made from one piece, seamed at the inside and features folded over cuffs with slot for cufflinks. There is a placket that runs up the sleeve and closes with one button. The back yoke of the shirt has two pleats: on the right and one on the left. The interior of the shirt is unlined. There is a black fabric label machine stitched to the center back interior collar that reads [EI / EVERETT HALL] in white block text.

Catalog date

1980s - 2000s

Recorded subjects

African American; Clothing and dress; Fashion

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