Bra top worn on Soul Train by dancer Johnette "Suki" Dodson

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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.

This hand-designed bra was worn as part of a costume along with customized blue jeans and hand-painted mid-calf boots. The bra is a hand-decorated ivory store-bought underwire bra with heavily padded cups, adjustable straps, and a hook-and-eye back closure. The bra is decorated with faux fur in neon blue and neon pink with silver threads, which is attached to the surface of both cups with hot glue. The center front section is covered by a piece of the blue faux fur fabric, with a panel of lime green synthetic fleece stitched on top of the blue. Small pieces of this same fabric cut into a diamond shape also are applied to the bottom band, and to the front straps. A synthetic ribbon, in a pattern of yellow, pink, orange, and green, is woven through the diamond-shaped holes on the fabric covering the cups.

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