Vests (main garments)

5 artworks

Uniform vest owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas

American Pullman Palace Car Company, 1910

Uniform vest owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas

American Robert Jackson Thomas, 1910

Uniform vest owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas

Unknown, 1910

Patchwork Kente cloth vest

Unknown, 1940

Patchwork Kente cloth vest

American Black Fashion Museum, 1940

Commemorative denim vest with buttons assembled by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Levi Strauss & Co., founded 1853, 1960

Commemorative denim vest with buttons assembled by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American, born 1941, 1960

Costume vest by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues

American Norma Koch, 1970

Costume vest by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues

Bob Mackie, American, born 1940, 1970

Costume vest by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues

American Billie Holiday, 1970

Costume vest by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues

Ray Aghayan, Iranian American, born 1934, 1970

Costume vest by Diana Ross as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues

Diana Ross, American, born 1944, 1970

Black suede vest worn by Melvin Van Peebles

Unknown, 2010

Black suede vest worn by Melvin Van Peebles

American Melvin Van Peebles, 2010