Costume

Two pieced White Duck dress. A: Is the top, with sleeves to the elbow, three bands of blue ribbon at the cuff; apron or bib-like front yoke from neckline to hem, trimmed on the sides with one...

This mini length dress, with long sleeves, was purchased at the White Duck Workshop. The dress is made of magenta colored cotton with accent areas of Guatemalan jaspe appliqued at the yoke and...

of ivory colored raw silk, vertically quilted in machine stitching. The front is appliqued with rose colored morning glories and their leaves in celadon green corduroy; the back has a more...

A: Dress with "I. Magnin & Co." and "Westbury fashions" labels at the inside of the neck of the dress. The dress has a shirt front (buttons with four-4 navy blue buttons...

Skirt, made from two rectangular pieces. One piece, the waist band, is 5 .75" wide and is made of natural color cotton (?) with two decorative stripes running with the selvedges at either...

Bamboo purse brought by donor's mother Thu Nguyen when she came to the U.S. in 1993. Purse dates from late 1960s and was very expensive in Vietnam.

Ao dai dress, made of synthetic lime green material with fret design and embroidered and glittered medallions appliqued on on front. Cuffs and top medallion are made of black velvet and have...

Ao dai costume composed of a dress (a) and pants (b). Dress is made of ombered peach to green synthetic material decorated with glittered swirls and leaves and appliqued with white flowers. It...

Child's cream colored silk dress, with baby blue silk trim. The yoke area features hand executed drawn work and embroidery. The dress has tiny piping in baby blue around the neck and at the...

A: Brown seude leather jacket used by Jack Irwin when he flew. Probably dates from the 1920s, or the 1930s. Brown fabric lining (rayon?), fastens down the front with a metal, gold colored zipper...

Pair of brown leather bowling shoes, lacing down to the toes using seven pairs of eyelets, and with white soles. A: Is the right shoe; B: is the left shoe. Laurie Cooper, mother of the donor,...

This woman's cap was designed for work (to protect one's hair from dust, or perhaps to keep hair under control and out of food being prepared). The crown of this cap is striped...

This apron appears never to have been worn. It would have been worn by a woman for work, probably at home. It is designed to be a full length apron, "Hoover" style, sleeveless, buttons...

This very short jacket are part of the "leathers" worn by Ira Hubert Crooks, a welding foreman at a Kaiser shipyard in Richmond during World War II. The sueded brown leather jacket...

This boy's hat (beanie style) of six suede leather panels--red--off white--yellow--off white--blue--off white, with a pinked band of tan leather at the bottom which is printed "...

This pair of shoes was worn only once, by donor's sister who wore them when she appeared in a film while a student at the University of California, Berkeley, in the 1940's. A: right shoe...

Man's black trousers, with bell bottom leg style; gray box pleat at the outside bottom of each leg. (The bottom hem of the trousers dips slightly in the back.) Belt loops around the waist,...

Leta Ramos wore these red satin platform shoes as part of a "Wonder Woman" costume she wore to a Beaux Arts Ball, held as a fund raiser for the Oakland Museum in the late 1960s or...

This short evening dress was modeled by Leta Ramos at a fashion show at the California State Fair in 1958. The fashion shows were daily for a week during the fair. At the end of the fair she was...

Artist Leta Ramos enjoys vintage clothing. In the 1960s and 1970s she especially enjoyed dressing in a very individualistic style which incorporated contemporary pieces and vintage pieces. These...