Green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film Stormy Weather

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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 green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film Stormy Weather (1943). The dress has a gathered waist, buckle-back, and ermine collar. It was worn by Horne as "Selina Rogers" in the dressing-room scene with actor Bill Robinson.

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