Medium: Polyester matte jersey and gold cord

Date: c. 1974

Country: USA

Credit: Gift of James Daugherty

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.

Object Number: 92.106.1