Shirt dress

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Shirtwaist dress and belt/sash of striped cotton broadcloth. A) "House dress" style dress is street-length, in various patterns of woven striped cotton broadcloth. It has a center front opening that extends the length of the dress and secures with 7 gold-colored metal buttons set with colored rhinestones and on hidden hook-and-eye closure at waist. The wide collar is primarily in yellow with very narrow stripes of orange and blue. The bodice is of vertical stripes of reds, purples, pinks, etc. The skirt, which gathers into the natural waist, is in vertical stripes of blues with thin maroon and green accent … continued below

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1 dress

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Oldham, Todd Spring 1992.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: Texas Fashion Collection and was provided by the UNT College of Visual Arts + Design to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 20 times. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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  • Oldham, Todd Oldham, Todd (b. Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, 1961 - )

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  • Oldham, Todd Oldham, Todd (b. Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, 1961 - )

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Shirtwaist dress and belt/sash of striped cotton broadcloth.
A) "House dress" style dress is street-length, in various patterns of woven striped cotton broadcloth. It has a center front opening that extends the length of the dress and secures with 7 gold-colored metal buttons set with colored rhinestones and on hidden hook-and-eye closure at waist. The wide collar is primarily in yellow with very narrow stripes of orange and blue. The bodice is of vertical stripes of reds, purples, pinks, etc. The skirt, which gathers into the natural waist, is in vertical stripes of blues with thin maroon and green accent stripes. The short sleeves are in stripes of blues, red, yellow and white, and have french cuffs secured with metal rhinestone-set cuff-links. The dress is unlined.

B) Accompanying belt/sash is of the same fabric as the sleeves, and is finished at the ends as cuffs with sewn-on cuff-links matching the sleeves.

Designer's label sewn inside at back collar: "Todd / Oldham".

Four labels sewn inside skirt at side seam:
Content: "100% / Cotton"
Care: "Dry Clean / Only"
Size: "S"
Origin: "Made / In U.S.A."

From Oldham's Spring 1994 collection.

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1 dress

Notes

Same dress shown as Spring Summer 1992 on Todd Oldham Studio archive/website; similar fabric also shown in January 1992 photograph of Todd Oldham in his studio from Getty Images

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Texas Fashion Collection

The UNT Texas Fashion Collection is dedicated to the preservation and documentation of historically significant fashion, and serves as an educational and inspirational resource for students, researchers, and the general public. This vital resource is part of the UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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  • Spring 1992

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  • April 24, 2020, 6:03 a.m.

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  • May 28, 2021, 2:12 a.m.

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Oldham, Todd. Shirt dress, physical object, Spring 1992; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1636987/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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