Brown and black costume 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 costume was worn by dancer Johnette “Suki” Dodson on the television show Soul Train in the early 2000s. The outfit is comprised of two (2) pieces, a hand-decorated bra (.1) and a handmade skirt (.2). The bra (.1) is a hand-decorated black store-bought bra with heavily padded cups, adjustable straps, and a hook-and-eye back closure. Each bra cup is covered with a panel of light brown, cream, and dark brown striped heavy weight wool and synthetic blend fabric. Short, light brown looped fringe is adhered along the top edge of each cup. Long black fringe is adhered along the bottom of each cup. There are no labels in the bra. The mini-skirt (.2) is made from two panels of the same brown striped wool and synthetic blend fabric as is used to cover the bra cups.

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