Blouse of ivory silk satin with bold black, varying, wavelength stripes
- Title
- Blouse of ivory silk satin with bold black, varying, wavelength stripes
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Gates, Ruth E.
- Designer
- Argent, Pat
- Description
- Blouse of ivory silk satin with bold black, varying, wavelength stripes; round neckline features two wraps of gathered fabric that button at each side and create a draped mock turtleneck; long sleeves are cut in one at the yoke; bodice is pleated and gathered into the front seam at yoke; center-front bodice has a box pleat with a concealed button closure at the left side of the pleat; three pleats on each side facing out; center-back has a box pleat with bodice gathered into the yoke at sides; long, full sleeves are gathered into 1 1/4" cuffs that have a single button closure; shoulder pads; hits below hip. Made in China.
- Designer Label
- Argenti/ Blouses
- Motif
- Wavelength stripes; Drama
- Work Type
- blouses (main garments)
- Location
- United States People's Republic of China
- Date
- 1980/1989
- Identifier
- 1987.029.013
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Satin
- Technique
- Shoulder pads; Wrap mock turtleneck
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Argenti was a popular label in the 1980s and 1990s. Pat Argent offered high quality silks at sale prices. He offered his dresses and clothing at the sale price initially thereby competing with other retailers who waited to put items on sale. He became a success as a result. The quality of silk satin on this blouse seems high as well. (DLF 2015)
