Brown knit dress with blue collar

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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 brown polyester long sleeve knit dress with a blue collar. The dress has a shift silhouette, it has a pointed collar with a V neckline. White, brown, and blue knitted synthetic trim is sewn below the neckline and along the bottom of the sleeves. The dress has a vertical stripe and a cable knit pattern throughout. A six-inch bust dart is sewn to each side, the dress ends below the knee. A brown thread belt loop is sewn along each side seam at waist level. A four-inch dart is sewn at the top of each shoulder on the back. A twenty-two-inch zipper is sewn along the center back seam, starting just below the collar. The single fold hem is secured with overcast machine stitching. The side seams are secured with overcast machine stitching, while the center back seam is left raw. The dress is unlined, and machine sewn.

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