Object: Skirt
Brand:
Phelps Deep Country Clothes
Date: c. 1958
Medium: Cotton denim
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Billie Bernard
Object number: 77.33.106
DescriptionFlared back wrap skirt in navy blue and gold stripe work denim; mitered front seam; inside waistband; big scoop patch pockets with bias banding on scoop on either side front; narrow stitched tie pulls through riveted belt loop on either side to tie at center front
Label Text:“Deep Country Clothes” was a specialty line created by fashion designer Elizabeth Phelps during the 1950s. Designated as “occupational leisure-wear,” the line was aimed at the fashionable housewife. This label was one of many that attempted to align denim with the lifestyle of postwar suburbia.