Floor-length gown worn by Janet Jackson as Mae West costume: Museum Object and Cultural History
Floor-length gown worn by Janet Jackson as Mae West costume: Date: 1976-1977. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: Janet Jackson, American, born 1966.
The object in the museum catalogue
A peach and pink long-sleeve floor-length gown with ruffled pink trim on the neckline, sequin floral patterns cascading down the front, and colorful tulle skirt. Sleeves are pink, and torso is light orange, with color changing back to pink on diagonal from proper left hip to proper right knee. A thin band of rhinestones runs from shoulder to wrist. Cascading pink and orange sequin pattern starts at proper right shoulder and moves to proper left hip and flows down to proper right knee and into the tulle skirt. Tulle skirt is red, orange, yellow, and purple. No labels present.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1976-1977
- Created by: Unidentified
- Worn by: Janet Jackson, American, born 1966
- Type: gowns
- Medium: cloth with tulle and sequin
- Dimensions: H x W x D (flat on cardboard form): 44 1/2 × 37 3/8 × 11 7/16 in. (113 × 95 × 29 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Topic: Television
- Object number: A2021.28.7.1.3.1
- 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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