Orange flowing blouse and pants by C. D. Greene

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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.

Orange flowing blouse (.1) and pants (.2) by C. D. Greene. The blouse (.1) has a fitted empire waist bodice made from orange rayon knit with a scooped neck and full-length tight sleeves. It closes at the center front with seven (7) self-fabric buttons and loops with a hook-and-eye at the top and the bottom. Nine (9) self-fabric decorative buttons were originally sewn at each sleeve cuff, though one is now missing from each sleeve. Orange chiffon is gathered and sewn around the bottom of the knit to make a long flowing skirt that reaches below the knee. It is left open down the center front. The shirt is not lined. A white fabric label with black embroidered text reading "CD greene" is sewn at the interior center back neck. Size, fiber content, and care labels are stacked and sewn along the right side of the designer label. The pants (.

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