Light green lace and tulle evening dress

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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 light green lace and tulle evening dress. The full-length sleeveless dress is made of light green synthetic tulle and synthetic lace. Two shoulder bands of light green tulle are gathered and sewn along the top edge of the neckline. The bands are tied at the center back of the dress into a bow. The bodice of the dress is made of light green synthetic lace. A two-and-a-half-inch wide self-fabric band is sewn along the edge of the sweetheart neckline. At the center front, the band slopes downwards towards the waistline on the proper left side. A bust dart and a vertical shaping dart are sewn on each side of the dress. The bodice ends slightly below the natural waistline, ending at a point at the center front with a piped seam. Two layers of synthetic tulle are gathered and sewn along the bottom edge of the bodice.

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