Dress shirt worn by Slick Rick: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

White dress shirt with white plastic buttons worn by Slick Rick. Tags on the interior collar read "POLO / By Ralph Lauren / MARLOWE Custom Fit." The size and care tag reads "MADE IN HONG KONG / 100% COTTON.'

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2003 - 2004
• Manufactured by: Ralph Lauren Corporation, American, founded 1967
• Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965
• Type: dress shirts
• Medium: cloth with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 34 3/8 × 19 × 10 in. (87.3 × 48.3 × 25.4 cm)
• Place used: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
• Place collected: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2014.203.6.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ricky Walters, professionally known as Slick Rick
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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