Pink and purple caftan style dress with slip worn by Shirley Verrett

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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.

Long pink, purple, and yellow printed caftan style dress with purple slip. The caftan is composed of a sheer chiffon fabric in a white, pink, orange, yellow, blue, and purple in an abstract floral print. It has a boatneck and dolman style cap sleeves. There is a black signature printed onto the fabric as part of the pattern. It appears to start with an “F” but is mostly illegible. There is a hook and eye closure on the back. The slip underneath has tank top straps and has several layers of lightweight fabric ruffled at the bottom. It is purple. The slip has a zipper on it. On the inside of the slip, along the zipper, there are two white fabric, rectangular tags. The first has black text which reads [STAVROPOULOS / NEW YORK ATHENS]. The second has black text which reads [DRY CLEAN ONLY].

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