skirts

18 artworks

Cream skirt with floral embroidery and scalloped tiers

American Black Fashion Museum, 1840

Cream skirt with floral embroidery and scalloped tiers

Unknown, 1840

Printed floral skirt worn by Lucy Lee Shirley as a child

Unknown, 1850

Skirt worn by an enslaved ancestor of Janett Sharee Galloway

Unknown, 1850

Printed floral skirt worn by Lucy Lee Shirley as a child

American Lucy Lee Shirley, 1850

Printed floral skirt worn by Lucy Lee Shirley as a child

American Black Fashion Museum, 1850

Black velvet skirt worn by Marian Anderson for her 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert

Unknown, 1930

Black velvet skirt worn by Marian Anderson for her 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert

American Marian Anderson, 1930

Cream pencil skirt with pleats

Unknown, 1960

Black wool wrap skirt with faux fur trim

American Black Fashion Museum, 1960

Miniature pink skirt likely inspired by First Ladies Collection made by Ann Lowe

American Ann Lowe, 1960

Blue ankle length skirt with slit

Unknown, 1960

Miniature pink skirt likely inspired by First Ladies Collection made by Ann Lowe

American Black Fashion Museum, 1960

Cream pencil skirt with pleats

American Black Fashion Museum, 1960

Black wool wrap skirt with faux fur trim

Unknown, 1960

Blue ankle length skirt with slit

American Black Fashion Museum, 1960

Pink knit skirt

American Black Fashion Museum, 1970

Pink knit skirt

Unknown, 1970

Black gathered satin wrap skirt

American GT Originals, 1980

Dark blue maxi skirt designed by Arthur McGee

American Black Fashion Museum, 1980

Dark blue maxi skirt designed by Arthur McGee

American Arthur McGee, 1980

Women's US Army Service skirt worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

American Brig. Gen. Hazel Johnson-Brown, 1980

Women's US Army Service skirt worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown

American Sugarman Uniforms, 1980

Gray wool skirt by Arthur McGee

American Black Fashion Museum, 1980