Black nylon leggings worn on Soul Train by dancer Sheri Byers: Museum Object and Cultural History
Black nylon leggings worn on Soul Train by dancer Sheri Byers: Date: 1978-1980. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Soul Train, American, 1971 - 2006.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pair of black nylon footless leggings worn on Soul Train by dancer Sheri Byers in the late 1970s. Each leg is 3” at the widest point (unstretched) that are seamed together at the crotch area and down the interior legs with machine overcast stitches. There is a 1.5” wide reinforced waistband with yellow stitching at the inside. There is a 1” hem at the bottom of each leg and no label.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1978-1980
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Soul Train, American, 1971 - 2006
- Worn by: Sheri Byers, American
- Type: leggings
- Type: stockings
- Medium: nylon
- Dimensions: Length (unstretched): 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm)
- Dimensions: Width (unstretched): 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
- Dimensions: Inseam (unstretched): 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
- Place used: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Popular music
- Topic: Television
- Object number: 2020.9.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Costume worn by Sheri Byers, dancer on Soul Train 1977-1980
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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