Color block jacket, halter crop top, and pants by Stephen Burrows

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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.

Color blocked jacket (.1), halter crop top (.2), and pants (.3) by Stephen Burrows. The jacket (.1) is made from knit wool fabric in black, red, purple, bright blue, and fuchsia. The color blocking on the front sides and back of the body are part of the knit design, they are not seamed. The seaming is done at the shoulders, body sides, sleeves, and collar. The color placement is done with red front yoke, fuchsia back yoke, black band below the bust line all around the body, black strips at front opening edges, black lapel and collar, bright blue bottom front and back, and dark purple sleeves. The jacket body is cut with a slight nip at the natural waist and flare below. It has an open front that does not close and is cut to fall below the hip with five-inch slits in the bottom sides of the body.

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