Blazer of ecru, turquoise, and plum woven cotton in a textures space dye pattern
- Title
- Blazer of ecru, turquoise, and plum woven cotton in a textures space dye pattern
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Designer
- Willi Smith
- Description
- Blazer of ecru, turquoise, and plum woven cotton in a textures space dye pattern; small elongated, notched collar and lapel are cut in one; 2 button single breasted closure; 2 large patch pockets; long sleeves. Made in India.
- Designer Label
- Willi Wear/ Willi Smith
- Motif
- Space Dye pattern
- Work Type
- jackets (garments)
- Location
- United States India
- Date
- 1980/1989
- Identifier
- 1990.016.001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton
- Technique
- Box silhouette
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Willi Smith was regarded as the most successful African-American fashion designer in the 1980s. His company, WilliWear Ltd. was created in 1976 and in its height sold $25 million worth of clothing a year. He designed the clothing for Spike Lee's film School Daze. Willi also worked freelance for Arnold Scaasi. (Wiki)
