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1956

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1960

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Poncho, Poncho, ca. 1958

This is a Poncho. It is dated ca. 1958. Its medium is wool and lurex. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Loan courtesy of the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles. Gift of Helen and Phillip Sills .

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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