Press clippings regarding Cashin's work.
Item Overview
- Title
- Press clippings regarding Cashin's work.
- Date Created
- 1952-1953
- Date
- 1952/1953
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Cashin (Bonnie) Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design, 1913-2000
Notes
- Description
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Clipping 3, Binghampton, N.Y., Sun Circ., 1/22/1953; and other newspapers: Doubling in Brass is routine for the cotton coat with water-repellent finish. This on e by Bonnie Cashin of Main STreet, is in gold-flecked cotton tweed. Hat by John Frederics." with a photograph of a model wearing the coat.
Clipping 1, Chicago Sunday Tribune: "3 A two-piece ensemble of distinction pairs a pale blue wool knit dress with a box jacket of multicolored It is tweed [...] " with a color photograph of a model wearing a dress and matching jacket.
Clipping 2, Indianapolis, Indiana, News, 12/15/1952; and other newspapers: "On Fashion Street / By Lotys Benning Stewart / Bonnie Cashin's new all-purpose cotton coat [...] ' with a photograph of a model wearing the coat at a New York airport.
Clipping 5, Boston, Mass, Christian Science Monitor, 11/3/1952: "Fashion Ushers Up Front Handmade and Machine-Knit / Mass-Production Methods Cut COst of Ready-Mades / By Barbara E. Scott Fisher / Fashion Editor of The Christian Science Monitor / Fashions in knits--both mechanical and handmade--are embarking on exciting adventures this fall. Manufactured knit clothes are striking new highs in design and detail at reasonable prices combining the creative abilities of the artist with efficient mechanical production methods in a new manner. [...]" with photographs of three models, 2 in dress ensembles and one in a coat.
Clipping 4, 1/29/1953: "'Nothing But' Worn By Maid Of Cotton / Her Wardrobe, Shown to 700 Here, Ranges From Lingerie to Swank Raincoat / Cotton was the by-word yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel when Alice Corr, 1953 Maid of Cotton, and her all-cotton wardrobe were presented before an audience of seven hundred members of the fashion industry [...] Claire McCardell originated one of the smartest ensembles in charcoal and tan cotton [...] A brown raincoat by Bonnie Cashin for Main Street won applause with its smock-like lines, huge shirred pockets and velvet neckbands." Other designers noted in the article include Adele Simpson and Frank Starr.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 5 clippings
Keywords
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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coats (garments)--1950-1960
dresses (garments)--1950-1960
raincoats--1950-1960
knitwear
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz00088xpm
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted