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Pink sheath dress worn by Karine Jean-Pierre

ca. 2019

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A pink sheath dress with an ascot collar worn by Karine Jean-Pierre. The dress is made of polyester and spandex blended crepe. It has a folded band collar with a draped ascot at the front, slightly offset to the proper left side. The ascot is made of two panels of fabric which end in diagonals, the top panel is shorter than the bottom one. The two pieces of the ascot are sewn together, close to the top of the collar. The sheath dress is sleeveless and has princess seams. The dress ends slightly above the knees. The dress has a center back seam with a twenty-one-inch zipper with a metal pull and plastic teeth. A metal hook and eye are sewn above the zipper at the collar. An eleven-inch vertical shaping dart is sewn on each side of the center back zipper. A five-inch vent is placed at the bottom of the center back seam.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2025.31.2

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