Costume dress worn on Soul Train by dancer Debra Winters: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This dress was worn by dancer Debra Winters on the television show Soul Train in 1987. The dress is made from a synthetic knit stretch fabric with a printed design of geometric shapes in pink, yellow, green, blue, and purple on a black ground. The dress is strapless with a scoop neck and an open back. It fastens at the center back neck with a clear plastic hook attached through a self-fabric loop. A length of elastic is sewn inside the hem of the skirt to keep it in place on the wearer's legs. The dress is not lined and there are no labels.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1987
• Created by: Soccoro Rodriguez
• Worn by: Debra Winters
• Subject of: Soul Train, American, 1971 - 2006
• Type: dresses
• Medium: synthetic fiber
• Dimensions: H x W x D (On form): 31 1/4 × 13 × 10 in. (79.4 × 33 × 25.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Flat): 35 1/2 × 14 in. (90.2 × 35.6 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: 2014.229
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Debra Winters
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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