An ivory white, one size fits all bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, butterfly bow tie features an adjustable neck strap that fastens at the front of the neck. The bow tie has a smaller bow that nestles inside a larger one. The bow tie has a small piece of matching white fabric that wraps around the bow at the center and is stitched closed at the back
A pillbox hat made from a continuous braid of white synthetic material. One end of the braid is coiled at the top of the hat. The other end is secured under itself at the left bottom edge of the crown. The interior structure of the hat is composed of nylon net and an extra layer of nylon net is adhered along the interior crown. Adhesive was used to secure the coiled braid to the interior net struc
A white brimmed hat with lace trim and a bow. The hat is made of half inch wide plastic net which spirals from the center of the crown. The edges of the net are machine sewn together. A small lace flower is glued to the top of the crown. A one and a quarter inch band of lace is adhered to the side of the crown. An inch band of cotton organdy cut on the bias is adhered to the bottom of the crown. A
An ivory white, clip on bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, butterfly bow tie has a small piece of matching white fabric that wraps around the bow at the center and is stitched closed at the back, forming the center knot. Sewn to the back of the bow tie on either side of the knot are two, silver tone, metal clip fasteners to attach the bow tie to the d
A white cotton blouse with cut and drawn embroidery. The blouse has a round neckline and three quarter length set-in sleeves. It opens in the cetner front with six shell buttons and nine buttonholes. Four pin tucks are sewn to each side of the center front opening. Cut and drawn embroidery creating overcast bars is placed at the shoulder seams, armscyes, and both sides of the button plackets. Geom
A white cotton children's dress with mid length sleeves and a rounded neckline. The ends of the neckline and sleeves are edged with narrow lace trim. A decorative yoke is sewn to the front of the dress and is embordered with three flowers and stitches in a curvilinear line. The embroidery is hand stitched white cotton thread. Cut and drawn embroidery creating overcast bars is stitched below the yo
A white dress and a jacket with floral embroidery. The mid length sleeveless sheath dress (a) is made of a synthetic twill weave with machine embroidery of flowers and flourishes. The dress has a boat neckline with a raised waist seam that is slightly under the bust. A five-inch bust dart is sewn on each side and two pleats are sewn on each side along the waist seam. Two five-and-a-half-inch darts
White evening dress with metallic and feather accents worn by Ophelia DeVore. The dress is made from white silk crepe overlaid in white organdy with a silver and black metallic floral design. The dress has a V-neck front with a high back neckline, an empire waist, full-length straight sleeves, and a floor-length full skirt gathered around the back and side waist. The bodice and skirt have white si
White gloves from The Wiz costume ensemble worn by André De Shields in the original 1975 Broadway production. Pair of white cotton gloves decorated with clear rhinestones. The fingers are lined and continue to create darts on the back of the palm. The wrist closes with a white plastic metal button. On the proper right glove, at the wrist, a moon and star beads attached. The star is missing one of