Object: Jumpsuit
Designer:
James Daugherty
(died 2013)
Date: c. 1974
Medium: Polyester matte jersey and gold cord
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of James Daugherty
Object number: 92.106.1
DescriptionGreen polyester matte jersey jumpsuit with gold cord trim
Label Text:James Daughtery designed sultry, disco-era garments, such as this green jumpsuit, that Ebony called “sizzlers.” He began his career designing Hollywood costumes for Edith Head, worked in New York throughout the 1960s, and then established his own brand in 1974. Daughtery designed on Seventh Avenue through the 1990s, and was a professor at FIT.
Exhibitions:
- Black Fashion Designers