Costume worn by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A costume comprised of a teal dress (.1), a light green vest (.2), and a light green hat (.3) worn by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in the Paramount Pictures produced 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues".

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Designed by: Bob Mackie, American, born 1940
• Designed by: Ray Aghayan, Iranian American, born 1934
• Designed by: Norma Koch, American, 1898 - 1979
• Worn by: Diana Ross, American, born 1944
• Subject of: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
• Type: ensembles (costume)
• Medium: Dress: wool twill
• Medium: Vest: wool twill, fur, and silk satin
• Medium: Hat: wool twill, synthetic fiber, and
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Motown (Music)
• Object number: 2012.64.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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