Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Pink knit skirt
1970s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 knit skirt. The skirt is made from pink polyester fabric that has been knit in the round. There is a 1” waistband with elastic encased inside to which the body of the skirt is sewn. There are false seams at the front and the back of the skirt and four 15.5” long knife pleats across the front. The inside of the skirt is unlined and there are two 4.25” satin hanging loops – one on each side of the interior waist. At the front interior waist is a white tag that reads [FRONT] in black text. Below that is a second white tag that reads [10] in black text. There is white tag at the interior proper left that reads [ RN66953 / 100% POLYESTER / MADE IN U.S.A. / CARE OVER / SIZE] in gray text. The underside of the label has care instructions and an illegible union label.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2007.3.925
