Handwritten on drawing: suede 21 / #9 / see B.C. jacket / lined coloe 723 cream / narrower lapels cut in in e piece / wear over jersey skirt & pullover . no buttons on pocket / 800 #150.00 / Bonnie Cashin / June '79 / CASHIN COUNTRY - SP. '80
Handwritten on drawing: suede - unlined / use leather side for bandings & facing in sleeve / turnscrew [turnlock] closure / length 17" / [swatch note:] camel suede/leather, as D2 for color / 2 piece set $500 top-D!^ skirt-D17 #516/7 / Bonnie Cashin / Mar/79 / FOR ALEX GROPPER
Short, double-breasted, empire waist coat with a shawl collar, and slanted welt pockets. A narrow belt is attached to each bottom button in the front , and ties loosely in the back. Shown with narrow pants.
Handwritten on drawing: for country parties -- suede-short in front -- ankle length in back - lined insilk -- snap shouldered / line in bright pink / Bonnie Cashin / March 1963
Handwritten on drawing: Lumber Jill Where are you going my pretty maid?to chop some wood she said --- kidskin and knit and a mobile elastic waistline --- / Bonnie Cashin / Jan. 1963
Handwritten on drawing: a suit is to be suitable in --- I feel very suitable in suede with a wide stride skirt & the briefest of jackets to take me to luncheon or a board meeting --- I wear the parts separately with other things too / Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: this is a simple roomy shape slightly flared at sides belted in with long suede string of cord tie -- all edges bound with suede & about a 2" facing inside -- silk lined except hood lined in suede / could the lining be that bright India pink? / To go with this make "light blue" pants as #1 / Bonnie Cashin / Dec. '78
Handwritten on drawing: the fichu dress, very Priscilla, very Spring '76, very modern in jersey -- / 3536 [design?] / 1 piece / natural suede trim / leather [collar] / Set in sleeve / unintelligible] / zipper front / leather piped side seam as 3415
Handwritten on drawing: sleek leather -- with a nothing of a shirt band collar -- but big butcher's cuffs of raccoon -- make it in peat keep it narrow underarm -- Bonnie Cashin / Jan/68
Leather jacket -- collarless with three turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners. Worn with elastic-cuffed pants with a pocket on the left thigh, high top tennis shoes and a beret.
Text of press release: "EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYOne of Bonnie Cashin’s design concepts is “art forms for living in.” She translates her theory into reality in this tunic-shell, fashioned out of smooth, buttery kidskin, lined with canvas. The slim, halter top tapers to a flare, giving the tunic (and the wearer) a fly-away look. Available in a large selection of winging, singing bird colors.The espadrille knee-length leather pants have lacings to thong around the leg any which way one wishes, or not at all.The hooded blouse is jersey. All Bonnie Cashin designs for Philip SillsNo. 3861 - Leather tunic - one size. Approx. $135.00.No. 3)-i-ll-L - Leather pants - Sizes 6 to l!l - Approx. $110.00.& Company.Available in your city. "
Suit in a light-colored leather. The top has a peter pan collar and a lower panel accommodating two in-seam pockets. The bracelet-length sleeves have elastic casings at the hems. With a matching leather shower cap style cap.
Photograph of 3 models.The first model wears a wool collarles coat with three-quarter length sleevs over a hooded sweater. The coat is trimmed in leather and the front panels are in a wool plaid.The second model is seated and wears a knitted pullover with a large standup collar over leather pants.The third model wears a coat in a leather like material with knitted raglan sleeves, a rolled knit collar, button front and pockets. She wears driving gloves.
Photograph of a kneeling model wearing a blouson-like leather jacket with matching leather shorts. She wears a hood and has apocket hanky in the breast pocket and wears flat sandals. She is looking in a picnic basket.
Photograph of a model wearing a long coat in a plaid pattern and a shag-like material. The collar and opening are trimmed in leather. The backdrop is a screen of playing cards.
Text from press release: EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYDon’t be a square ... Be in with the parabolic (a geometric term we’d better get to know) and lead in the fashion parade.Bonnie Cashin is a designer who defies c1ichs. She has created this parabola skirt for Philip Sills Company in black leather lined with make-believe chinchilla, translating the conical shape into eye-commanding artistry.Infinitely wearable, indoors or outdoors, with deep side pockets, the skirt is happily mated with charcoal gray cashmere legs. The sweater too is cashmere, another Cashin favorite.No. 2517 - Parabola skirt - Approx. retail price $110.00No. 407 - Cashmere legs - “““ $ 50.00No. 404 - Cashmere sweater - “““ $ 40.00Bonnie Cashin designs for Philip Sills E* Company available in your city.
Text of press release: "Robin red ... The color this fail .., and here it is in canvas with double hardware bands • Its trimned in leather, Bonnie Cashin's signature. And Surpriseits cosy alpaca lining is a real rib-warmer. What a way to look on a crisp fail day.Coat #335’l at $125.00 over hooded blouse #111489 at $50.00From: Philip Sills, 148 West 37th Street, NYC"
Sketch of a wide, unlined tweed coat with raglan sleeves, band collar extending into the placket down the front, bordered in leather and stitched in white.
Handwritten on drawing: parabola covering for a late day costume / [swatch note:] edge is peat, 6507 (4507) / parabola skirt pattern / [skirt:] peat leather, elastic waist / Bonnie Cashin / Feb '70
Handwritten on drawing: Alas! for you who insist on long - do it very coachman- y- edge it in leather / hardware it together / leather under [collar] / [wholesale cost:] 129.75, [retail cost:] 240.00 / Bonnie Cashin / Aug '70
Sketch of a figure wearing a pantsuit ensemble with a knee-length a-line button front coat and pants in matching fabric. Includes a swatch of multi-colored glen plaid fabric.
Sketch of a figure wearing a three quarter sleeve coat made-up of "panels" of fabric top-stitched together. This is worn over a long sleeve garment in a ric rac design fabric with a funnel neck hood. Includes two swatches of fabric in a ric rac design, one black and grey the other cream and taupe colored.
Handwritten on drawing: Utterly simple cardigan of black leather - sleeve cropped - lined in the same birds egg spotted jersey as the hooded dress - stitch the leather in the creamy white of the jersey - keep it all very slim- / Bonnie Cashin / Sept '70
Sketch of a parabola jacket with dolman sleeves and stand-up collar. Shown with a and pleated in the same fabric. Pockets of jacket are edged in leather. Skirt has leather edge and underlay.
Handwritten on drawing: golf in jersey and kidskin --- a skirt inpervious to damp grass or drizzle / #3101 [...] / #755 sk[irt] / alter pleat in back --- make 1" longer line with cotton / Bonnie Cashin / April 1964
Text:"For all my hours outside of pants - I want long supple jerseys - all touched with leather - all snapped together -"; "3012" [design left]' "3013" [design center]; "3014" [design right]; "Bonnie Cashin Feb '72"
Text of press release :"Of unmistakable Bonnie Cashin origin is this three piece ‘layered” outfit with leather shell. The skirt is light blue jersey, the matching shirt with attached hood has stitched edging. The back—tied leather shell, in the same color, has side-seam pockets and a pink and blue plaid lining. The sleek bag is one of her new Cashin Carry tote pouches. (Bonnie Cashin for Sills & Co., skirt about $25, shirt about $30, shell about $45. The bag, Bonnie Cashin for Coach Leatherware, about $50.)FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, M.kY 1st, AND ThEREAFTER"
Text of press release : "EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYBonnie Cashin’s new collection for Philip Sills & Company is a re-dedication of their concepts to that growing clientele they both dearly love - - “that aware, involved, independent woman, who has not the time or taste for fads or period pieces, and who considers her wardrobe an enriching adjunct to total living.”For this independent busy girl here is a workable, wearable canvas jacket which has two Cashin trade-marks: the attached purse-pocket with turn- screwed closure, and the leather tracings.The jacket can be worn with a skirt or dress, but makes its important appearance when worn with matching narrow pants. These are a new interpretation of leather front, with a canvas back.The colors are lyrical, such as: malarky, geranium, pheasant, linen and toffee.Jacket No. 2734. - extra small, small and medium: - $140.00Pants - No. 2746 - Sizes 6 to 114- - $80.00.Available in your city."
Wearing black coat, they are alternating pattern of white plus and square and black leather trimming. And type sleeves. Wearing black leather pants, and hooded sweater.
The model is wearing a ribbed knit dress with a hood, a long lether coat and knit golves. The dress has a thin leather belt at the waist. the coat has buttons down the front just past the waist and it has two deep pockets.
Hip-length leather vest with flap pockets and two swivel snap fasteners, worn over a turtleneck sweater and breeches. The model also wears a broad-brimmed hat, transparent (plastic?) pumps and carries a purse with a padded shoulder strap.
The model is wearing a knee lenght, plaid coat. The coat has a leather buckle ust above the waist. the sleeves are cape-like. There are two pockets in the front of the coat. The model is holding a lether purse. She also is wearing a hat that has a string tied under her chin.
Handwritten on drawing: kid-weight suede lined / 27" length, 20" shoulder / 8" slope at shoulder / 18" sleeve length / 8 1/2" sleeve width / 5 1/2" bottom of sleeve / 19 1/2" across the back / 23" across back hem / 1 1/8" binding / silk lining / 3/16/79 out, too short in back / Bonnie Cashin / Jan 17/79 / #10
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYHall of Fame and three-time Coty Award winner, Bonnie Cashin, refers toher Noh suit as the easiest, most uncontrived sort of contemporary coveringeasy wrapping, happy on the wing thing.The woolsey-tweedsey fabric woven to Bonnie’s specification is a cross-fertilization of mohair and wool, plaided in deep rich subtle color tones, suchas olive, oriole and dove, banded and belted with olive suede.Worn over a close-fitting, funnel-necked sweater for early Fall, and later under a big mantle or another Noh-cut coat, this concept becomes the versatile, timeless good look of today, and carries out Bonnie’s time-honored views on layering.From Sills & Company.No. 3Oii.l/3Oli.7 - Sizes 6 to 114. - $230.00Bonnie Cashin sweaters from The KnitteryBonnie Cashin gloves from CrescendoeAVAIL!BLE IN YOUR CITY."
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYHandsome and bolder blanket plaids are perennial Bonnie Cashin signatures. This great coat, roomy enough to fit comfortably over any amount of winter layingerings, is colored in brilliant yellow, black and red, in a soft, thick British tweed. Lined in jersey and touched with leather, belted, with hardware enclosures, it’s one of those non-obsolete, un-conmon coats which work for busy modern lives.Made by Philip Sills & Company.No. 4617 - Coat - Approx. $290.00.Available in your city."
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in a matching skirt and jacket in a large plaid pattern. Both are trimmed with leather-like piping. She wears a hooded top under the jacket and large gloves with eyelets. The jacket has slits on the sides and turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners, and the ankle-length skirt is slit at the back. She wears knee-length boots.
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s love affair with stripes and her highlyantenna-ized color sense, has produced this so-wearable costumefor Philip Sills & Company.The fabric is Jasco’s smooth luxury jersey, ornbrl striped in variable shades of Turf. The dress is a Bonnie-classic, straightlined with deep pockets, bateau neckline, elasticized sleeves for up—or-down comfort, and thong-tied for that ultimate feminine look.The Puritan shawl-collared coat is double-faced jersey,turf colored on the outside, ornbre’ striped inside, and tracedwith the same turf leather that Straps the sleeves.And for that small headline, Bonnie Cashin’s Knitterysupplied the Priscilla cap.No. 3385 — Coat — Sizes Xs, S. M. — $280.00.No. 3386 — Dress — Sizes 6 to 16. — $110.00.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREAS"
Text of press release : "Bonnie Cashin’s uncommon classic two-piece shirt waist and skirt, in 100% sailor blue cotton, banded with vanilla creme leather is teamed with a cotton—striped coat that are designed for versatile occasions in city or country, and produced by Sills & Company.The shirt is tailored for maximum comfort with snap closings, while the skirt is fullish with deep pockets.The vanilla and blue-striped coat is lined with the same blue cotton silhouetted with leather tapings and snap closures.No. 3659/3660 — Shirt waist and skirt; Sizes 6 to 14 — $180.00 No. 3658 — Coat — Xs, S & M. — $240.00Available in your area."
Text of press release : "Unmistakably Bonnie Cashin. Designed for Sills & Company, her classic canvas coat is accented with her personal signature—— the attached leather security pockets roomy, uncluttered and zippered, as well as the versatile collar that up-standing will defy blustery winds, or stay demurely flat and in place. Hardware [turnlock / turnscrew] closures, of course, the original Cashin signature.Available in five swinging colors: sailor blue, canary, vanilla creme, redwing and sandstone.This go-anywhere coat teams up happily with the lean leatherpants, also available in the same color range.No. 5672 - Canvas coat — Xs, S, and M. - $260.00No. 6493 - Leather pants — Sizes 6 to 16 - $200.00Available in your area."
Text of press release : "Bonnie Cashin believes that “color lifts the face and lifts the spirit.” For Sills & Company she has introduced a brace of new color tones used with imagination in this leather jacket in a soft lavendar with an abstract splash of sailor blue. Loose and easy, thong-tied at the collar, with deep, no-nonsense pockets.The lean leather pants continue to be a perennial favorite for today’s more elegant, casual needs, whether worn under coats, ponchos, short or little toppers or the big elasticized bubble tops, another Cashin favorite.No. 4672 — Jacket. One size - $300.00No. 6493 - Leather pants - Sizes 6 to 16 - $200.00Available in your city."
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s crisp white shorty jacket, she calls “the Chopper,” worn with a swingy ballet-length skirt in a lively blue called “Matisse.”The skirt looks fresh and new with a shirt or sweater too, and the “Chopper” achieves a completely new effect with long lean pants. Wonderfully versatile costume for resort wear.Chopper jacket — No. 3354 — Sizes Xs, 5, M. — $200.00.Skirt — No. 3355 — Sizes 6 to 12 — $200.00.RELEASE AT WILLEXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYFrom Sills & Company.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Over-the-knee dress in soft wool or jersey with a bateau neckline, long sleeves and thin horizontal stripes, worn with a leather tank top. The model wears a knit cap and carries a matching cape or wrap.
Text of press release: "RELEASE AT WILLEXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYEasy rider ... Bonnie Cashin’s practical and enduring “bicycle suit” that leads a rugged life...for cycling around town, for travel, for spectator sports.Of buttersoft Angola leather, the bubble Jacket’s “back pack” is a super carry—all. The bracelet cuffs hug the wrists and the front is battened down with hardware closures.The knee length breeches are also of Angola leather. Available in a].1 the luscious Cashin—dyed colors.From Sills & Company.No. 298 — Jacket — Sizes Xsmall, small, medium — $230.No. 3299 — Pants — Sizes 6 to 16 — $160.Sweater and headgear from Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Contact sheet with 10 prints of a model in matching jacket and pants in a leather-like material. She wears high top two-tone shoes. The jacket features large pockets with metal turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners (not visible in these photographs), and a built-in pouch on the back.
1 photograph of a model wearing a short, long-sleeved jacket in a suede-like material. It is collarless and has small metal buttons. She wears an ankle-lenght skirt in a leather-like material and mules.
Mannequin wearing a suit with a leather skirt and a woolen fabric or knit jacket with leather sleeves. Accessorized with a black hat and a black cashmere shell.
(Exclusive to you in your city)#2170 $575Bonnie Cashin's hooded “Noh” coat that buckles to a close, is made of soft, “green tea” leather and lined with natural raccoon. From the Bonnie Cashin Collection for Fall and Winter, designed ezclusive)y for Saks Fifth Avenue.FROM: Helen 0’HagahPublicitySaks Fifth Averue611 Fifth AveiueNew York, New York"
Suit in a light-colored leather. The top has a peter pan collar and a lower panel accommodating two in-seam pockets. The bracelet-length sleeves have elastic casings at the hems. With a matching leather shower cap style cap. The model holds a rectangular tote.
Text of press release:"Bonnie Cashin refers to Zibeline fabrics as cozy security blankets against deep freeze. Here she combines mohair with leather in her big—little and big—long coats ... contemporary classics ... produced by Sills & Company.Big—little Zibeline in an easy version of her famous Noh carving, in a natural winter—white tone called Sandstone. Traced with leather, the inside of the coat is as beautifully and meticulously structured as the outside. The huge, detachable Fling is pure creature—comfort as well as pure drama.The Big Coat is another imaginative use of the Sandstone Zibeline, yoked front and back with wind—resistant splashes of Sandstone leather, as are the tailored details. The front is battened down with hardware [turnlock / turnscrew] closures —- another Cashin signature.The Pants are available in Sandstone leather as well as in many of the unique palette—designed tones in the collection.No. 3295 — Jacket and Fling — Sizes Xsmall, small, medium — $280.No. 3253 — Coat — Sizes Xsmall, small, medium — $290.No. 6L93 — Pants — Sizes 6 to 16 — $170.Headgear — Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s suit—to—be—suitable—in, with its own flingable, swingable poncho. Designed for Sills & Company.The tweed was woven by loving Irish hands in Donegal in a mixture of Naturals. The tied—in Jacket is yoked and sleeved with Angola leather.The skirt with four big box pleats is for easy striding, bus—hopping, or just trotting around town.The poncho, unmistakable Bonnie Cashin, is a great fling with hardware battenings for stormy weather, and the roomiest of pockets.No. 3259 — Suit — Sizes 6 to 114 — $310.No. 2995 — Poncho — $180.Headgear - Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Light-colored leather pantsuit with an attached leather backpack ("totable bag") (holding a newspaper). The front in-seam pocket hat a turnlock [turnscrew] fastener. The model wears a knit glove.
Mannequin wearing a suit with a leather skirt and a woolen fabric or knit jacket with leather sleeves . Accessorized with a black hat and black cashmere shell.