Dress worn by Shirley Verrett

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.

Black and pink dress. The dress has an alternating black and pink diagonal striped pattern. Within the stripes there is a repeating vertical grey stripe. It is part of a matching set. The dress has a funnel, or built-up, neckline, which is which is a slightly higher neckline with curved or slanted shoulder seams upward towards the neck. The dress is a mid-length shift dress. The inside of the dress is lined in a black fabric. There is a black zipper down the back of the dress. Inside the dress, along the zipper, there is a rectangular white tag with black text that reads [STAVROPOULOS / NEW YORK ATHENS].

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