Gold "Baby Doll Tangerine" dress worn on Soul Train by dancer Cheryl Song: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A gold lamé mini dress with ruffled skirt designed by Tamechi (Toney) Briggs and worn by Cheryl Song on Soul Train in 1985. The dress is made entirely of gold lamé and features three-quarter length sleeves with puff shoulders, a deep ‘V’ neck, and a dropped ‘V’ waist with a short, ruffled skirt. There is a white cotton and metal zipper at the center of the back, below a keyhole design that fastens at the top with gold lamé ties.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1985
• Created by: Tamechi (Toney) Briggs, American
• Worn by: Cheryl Song, American
• Subject of: Soul Train, American, 1971 - 2006
• Type: dresses
• Medium: lamé, cotton, and metal
• Dimensions: L x W: 29 5/16 × 15 3/8 in. (74.5 × 39 cm)
• Dimensions: Chest: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm)
• Dimensions: Waist: 12 5/8 in. (32 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: Costume design
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2020.41.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cheryl Song
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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