Wedding Band Rendering of Three Dresses

This is a rendering from the play Wedding Band. It depicts three different dresses on the lead actress, Julia Augustine. The first dress is a traditional 1910s blue and white ankle-length day dress. The second outfit is a sheer pink, yellow-lined, ankle-length nightgown with a pink, knee-length nightgown under. The third is a white, short-sleeved, ankle-length dress.

Art and design

African American Woman Costume Designers
Theatre

Black theater

Rendering

English

Image

Wedding_Band_Rendering_of_Three_Dresses

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This rendering depicts three different dresses on the black female protagonist, Julia Augustine. The first outfit is a traditional 1910s blue and white ankle-length day dress, and she is wearing simple white short heels. She has her right hand down by her side and her left hand touching her head, where the hair is pulled up close to the head. The second outfit is a sheer pink, yellow-trimmed, ankle-length nightgown with a pink, knee-length nightgown under. Her hair is in a low ponytail, and she has on slippers. Her left hand is hidden, and her right hand is holding her nightgown together at the chest. The third outfit is a white, short-sleeved, ankle-length dress with cross-strapped shoes slightly taller in height than the first pair of heels. The woman is facing forward more than the other two, which are slanted a little to the left. She has her right hand on her hip and her left hand in the air by her shoulder. Her hair is up like the first outfit, and she is wearing a locket around her neck about mid chest length. "Wedding Band" is written vertically on the right side of the paper, and "Julia Augustine" is written in the right corner. It runs into the third dress. Under the second dress, there is an arrow pointing to the bottom of the nightgown that says "from stock."