Jumpsuit
Designer
James Daugherty
(died 2013)
c. 1974
Polyester matte jersey and gold cord
Gift of James Daugherty
Object number92.106.1
James Daugherty 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. Daugherty designed on Seventh Avenue through the 1990s, and was a professor at FIT.
DescriptionGreen polyester matte jersey jumpsuit with gold cord trimExhibitions