Black track jacket worn by Melvin Van Peebles
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black track jacket worn by Melvin Van Peebles

Marty Grace · 2000 - 2010

polyester, fleece, elastic, metal, and plastic
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A Marty Grace tracksuit jacket worn by Melvin Van Peebles. The black tracksuit jacket features a high collar made from a 2.5” wide band of ribbed white elastic with two vertical black stripes. Two panels of black polyester fabric make up the jacket front and they close center front with a black faded and broken zipper pull with black plastic teeth. Embroidered across the front with white text is [MARTY GRACE] with [MARTY] on the proper right and [GRACE] on the proper left. There are two 5.5” wide slanted welt pockets, one on each side, and each sleeve is made from one panel of black polyester. Two 2.5” wide white ribbed panels of elastic are machine serged to the end of each sleeve and to the waist of the jacket. The back of the jacket is made from one panel of fabric, and [MARTY GRACE] is embroidered across the center back in white thread. The inside of the jacket is lined with black fleece. There is no label.

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