Costume vest by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues
- On View
- Musical Crossroads Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Designed by
- Mackie, Bob, American, born 1940
- Aghayan, Ray, Iranian American, born 1934
- Koch, Norma, American, 1898 - 1979
- Worn by
- Ross, Diana, American, born 1944
- Subject of
- Holiday, Billie, American, 1915 - 1959
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- wool twill, fur, and silk satin
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Flat): 21 × 21 × 3 1/2 in. (53.3 × 53.3 × 8.9 cm)
- Description
- Light green wool twill cropped vest with fur-trimmed armholes worn by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in the Paramount Pictures produced 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues." The vest has an open shawl collar with pointed lapels. The proper right front crosses over the proper left front and snaps closed with green fabric covered snaps. There are four snaps, three along the proper right bottom edge and one at the point of the proper left side, and one hook along the bottom right edge that attaches to a thread loop on the left side. Two large teal covered fabric round buttons sewn on the proper right front are decorative. The vest ends at a point at the center back, and a weight is sewn between the facing and lining at this center back point. Brown fur is sewn around the arm openings. The vest is fully lined in light green silk satin. There is a panel of teal lining fabric at the arm openings and the fur trim is lined with black satin. All of the lining is hand sewn.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Clothing-Fashion
- Type
- vests (main garments)
- Topic
- Actors
- Clothing and dress
- Costume
- Costume design
- Design
- Fashion
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Motown (Music)
- Musical films
- Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.64.4.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.