Dwight Blocker Bowers
Dwight Bowers, Curator, Division of Culture and Arts at the National Museum of American History, shows us a costume worn by American country singer Patsy Cline.
Collection Object:
Patsy Cline's Costume 
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- user
- Cline, Patsy
- maker
- Hensley, Hilda
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 1/2 in x 19 in; 57.15 cm x 48.26 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- National Treasures exhibit
- Clothing & Accessories
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Description
- Made for country music star Patsy Cline by her mother, this Western-style performance outfit features record-shaped patches stitched with the titles of Cline's records. Cline began singing with gospel and country bands as a teenager in Virginia. With her 1957 breakout hit "Walkin' after Midnight," she became the first female country vocalist to cross over to the pop charts. In 1960, Cline achieved her childhood dream of joining the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Three years later, she died in a plane crash.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1958
- Object Name
- shirt
- ID Number
- 2004.0008.01
- accession number
- 2004.0008
- catalog number
- 2004.0008.01
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/treasures
