Subject: dresses (garments)--1950-1960 / Genre: clippings (information artifacts) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Clipping 2, Dallas, Texas, Times-Herald, 4/1953: "Knitted wardrobe is coronation-bound / By Alice Hughes / Written Exclusively for The Times Herald" with two photographs of models wearing Bonnie Cashin travel knitwear recommended for travel to events surrounding the coronation of queen Elizabeth II, and one photograph of Alice Hughes.
Date:: 1952-1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cashin (Bonnie) Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design, 1913-2000

Description:: 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 [...]"
Date:: 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cashin (Bonnie) Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design, 1913-2000

Description:: Clipping 1: Newspaper advertisement: "best news in knits -- bonnie cashin / a famous collection of trams-season, trans-world couture knits--from the hand of the talented young individualist [...] Honigsbaum's / Maiden Lane at James" with a drawing of two models modeling knit dress ensembles.
Date:: 1952
Collection:: Cashin (Bonnie) Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design, 1913-2000

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