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1960s-1970s womens dress, jacket, and scarf

Description: Bill Blass
Matching black and white ensemble including a dress, coat, and scarf. The dress has a black, long-sleeved knit bodice which is fitted with darts at the bust. The skirt is straight-fitted and made of a black and white fabric woven with alternating diagonal striped and checked pattern. There is a matching belt at the waist. The coat and scarf are made of the same woven fabric. The coat is single breasted with center front button placket and snap closure. It is secured at the waist with a wide black leather belt. The skirt of the coat is knee length with center back inverted box pleat. The wide, rectangular scarf is draped around the shoulders.
black and white, black and white scarf, black belt; faced crewneck on bodice, faced crewneck on jacket; long set-in on bodice, long set-in on jacket; straight fit with bust darts on dress bodice, single breasted with center front button placket and snap closure on jacket; straight, full, knee length with center front vent on skirt, straight, full knee length with center back inverted pleat on jacket skirt; center front black buttons and snap closure on jacket, center back black zipper and hook and eye closure on dress, hook and eye closure on dress belt; natural woven, natural knit; black leather belt, woven fabric belt with hook and eye, center front buttons and snaps on jacket, center front black zipper and hook and eye on dress
Sheath dress
Black; White
Check (pattern); Stripes
Knee length
Natural waistline
Crew neckline
Straight sleeve
Long-sleeved
Buttons; Snaps; Zipper; Hooks and eyes
Center back closure; Center front closure
Natural fiber
Knit
Belt; Scarf
Faced neckline on dress and jacket; Set in sleeves on dress and jacket
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Origin: circa 1960s-1970s
Source: http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/BmnHis/id/962
Collection: Beeman, Mary Historic Costumes
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Subjects: Costume--History
Clothing and dress--History
Fashion--History
Clothing & dress
Costumes
Dresses
Coats
Scarves
Accessories (Clothing & dress)

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