Press clippings regarding Cashin's work.
Item Overview
- Title
- Press clippings regarding Cashin's work.
- Alternative title
- Three clippings of newspaper advertisements for Bonnie Cashin knits
- Date Created
- 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Cashin (Bonnie) Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design, 1913-2000
Notes
- Description
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Clipping 2, Denver, Colorado, Post: "Designer Up-Dates Knitted Fashions / By Gretchen ' Denver Post Fashion Editor / One of the greatest twentieth century contributions to the age-old art of knitting and to modern living will be found in "Sculptura" knit costumes which are the result of the designing talent of artist Bonnie Cashin [...] [Image caption:] "Sleek Knit - Designer Bonnie Cashin combines this smart knit sheath dress with sleeveless bodice and scoop neckline with the fingertip jacket in an Iris tweed knit featuring hand-crocheted edges to match [...]"
Clipping 1, The Troy Record: "Knitted Dress Has Important Niche In Fashion World / From early beginnings, when they have devised merely for protection against the elements, knitted clothes have advanced to a point where they hold an important niche in fashion [...]" Includes a photograph of a model wearing a knit dress and matching jacket.
Clipping 3, Hudson's department store, Detroit: "Couture Knit Fashions / Custom Designed By Bonnie Cashin / With Deft Dressmaker Touches / Two important slim silhouettes with a custom-made look! Excitingly styled by Bonnie Cashin with original dressmaker details [with a drawing of two models wearing knit dress ensembles] Casual Shop in the Woodward Shops, 7th Floor" and includes drawing of a Christmas ornament with the caption "It's Christmastime at Hudson's"
Physical Description
- Extent
- 3 clippings
Keywords
- Genre
- clippings (information artifacts)
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
dresses (garments)--1950-1960
jackets (garments)
knitwear
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz00088xh1
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted