Skirt
c. 1958
Cotton denim
Gift of Mrs. Billie Bernard
Object number77.33.106
“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.
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