Avocado green polka dot lace top worn on Soul Train by dancer Sheri Byers

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An avocado green polka dot lace top worn on Soul Train by dancer Sheri Byers in the late 1970s. The front of the top has a boxy, straight cut and is made from one panel of fabric, which includes the scalloped collar. Green machine lace makes up the entirety of the garment and there are polka dots of various sizes woven into the fabric. Below the collar is a v-neckline with a 1.5” top stitched border around it. Sewn to the edge of the collar is a .25” wide panel of black scalloped machine lace. There’s a green .75” wide machine lace channel sewn to the inside with a synthetic plain weave drawstring fed through it. The black drawstring has knots on either end. Each sleeve is sewn to the bodice, raglan-style and they’re made from one panel of fabric, sewn to itself at the inner arm.

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