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Green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film Stormy Weather
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film Stormy Weather

Helen Rose, American, 1904 - 1985 · 1943

velvet with metal and fur
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A green velvet dress worn by Lena Horne in the film Stormy Weather (1943). The dress has a gathered waist, buckle-back, and ermine collar. It was worn by Horne as "Selina Rogers" in the dressing-room scene with actor Bill Robinson.

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