Text: Considering color and texture. These swatches are not necessarily accurate color combinations but simplify ways of handling color for consideration – we all know matching skirtings to sweaters is not new – or exciting – altho it will undoubtedly continue to be in demand – I feel however, we should limit the matching range to about 6 or 7 and attempt to develop a more interesting range of blends, harmonies, and mixtures with a yearly selection of about 25 or 30 sweater colors, with no seasonal demarcations, we should be able to break these down into small coordinated promotional groups therefore allowing for the greatest flexibility in choices to the buyer.
Text: [musical notes] " --- I think that I shal never see --- a poem as lovely as a tree ---" Tree Toppers / Designed for grown-up scouts, distaff side -- who would rather hike a mountain - swing a branch - catch a view - and sleep with the sweet smell of pine in the air than anything else --- They're the ones whose road maps are penciled to the Grand Canyon or Yosemite or Mt. Rainer or an Apalachian Spring - and other places like that --- A capsule collection in canvas, leather traced, in two new colors roughly this ---> [red rectangle] and this ---> [ochre rectangle] --- nice safety colors in a forest --- Bonnie Cashin
Text: Country Going / tick tock toe / away we go / in ticking / and canvas / all leathered just so / It's late spring -- temperature 60 t o70 -- the earth is young green -- the air is clear soft -- not yet really warmed --- we suggest sturdy cottons -- tidy tailored timeless - ticking or canvas --- try - a new blue - like sky, a stick stripe - like a candy bag or - a red- a yellow - a white [...] sturdy heavy duty canvas --- Bonnie Cashin
Test: Leather for evening --- Leather, usually thought of for country wear is being bought by smart women as an exciting new look for nite --- the polish of the soft goatskins, kidskins & such lend a good background for jewels --- and somehow the animal quality of the leather plus an expanse of pretty neck makes for a very electric look. Bonnie Cashin / 1954
Handwritten essay on appeal of cashmere; specifically mentioning Scottish Ballantynes; and its use in clothing designs. Discusses design ideas using cashmere and how cashmere is ideal for travelwear.
Test: Dorian presents a brilliant new collection of at-home fashions. This collection is based on the fact that the rediscovery of the home is here to stay [...]
Text: Fireside Manners -- Clothes for fireside evenings -- their makeup is planned -- their object is flattery -- their effect is relaxing -- designed for those special hours at home, after sundown, when good living begins -- and a girl can be a heroine in her own home -- [signed]Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: IF --- If our earth continues rocketing toward complete polution, we may, in order to survive each have to wear a sort of life-support suit. This personal environmental habitat which would never be doffed except in specially built large self-support way-stations. The exterior of this body container would be of a material, thin, transparent * weightless with combat properties which I am sure Nasa can develop. Underneath is a 2nd skin garment in which the individual might be able to express some personal aesthetic. Obviously the fashion market as we know it would becom extinct -- and perhaps it would end the constant repetition of the 20s 30s etc. It might also help the population problem --- Bonnie Cashin
Handwriting on design states: “Turnabout” – “I can wear my double skirt on either side – and I have it in all sorts of colors – low key & high key. It has a nice silky bulky blousy look tucked into a cinched waist – or it serves as a jacket worn over sheath or slacks. Sometimes it’s fun to cross & pin the ends in back for a little middle look. It could be called a chameleon – it has that many moods—“
Handwritten essay: “Go together – Knits & Leathers—Two of the top fashions this year are knitted things and leather things – Besides being very American in manner, they go together like the proverbial apple pie and cheese – That’s because they’re naturals – the hide and the wool from same –This is a way to look this season in the texture of knit and the polish of leather — Bonnie Cashin”
Handwritten essay reading: Service – to the buyer— A collection of pullover dresses— a variety of necklines – a variety of sleevelines – a good portion of stripes – wear them belted or not — all to be teamed with toppers / Almost any pullover sweater can be ordered as a dress – Almost any plain dress can be ordered in a variety of stripes – and vice-versa – Almost all can be ordered long sleeved, three-quarters, short, or sleeveless – Some can be ordered two ply—
Handwritten essay starting: You may think I’m crazy – but I feel like the bulkiest [sic] furry-est thing to get into for fall – Not a suit – not a coat – but a kind of dress – Important enuf [sic] to stand on it’s own…
Handwritten note: Omar the Tentmaker / knew the magic of stripes / he striped everything –- / his tent – his mattress –- /his prayer rug –- his chairs / (such as they were –- he really / loved just great big pillows) / we take a lessen from his book /we like this stripedy look— Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten comment with drawing of woman wearing suede trousers with 3 rows of fringe: [title:] Salute to Ernestine Carter / Mrs. Ernestine Carter, women’s page editor of the London Sunday Times, wrote this back in 1958 –“What I was looking for in New York were clothes so absolutely American in concept that they could spring from no other source. Then one day I saw a pair of fringed suede trousers. That designer, I decided was for me. So, I met Bonnie Cashin.”Thank you Thank you Miss Carter!We’ve grown a lot since then – and this year we think it might be time to revive fringed leather – right out of our own Daniel Boone heritage—
Drawing of woman holding banner reading “Wanted” with handwritten essay titled : “Wanted. A creative business man – who sees the point on 7th Ave – who will plan the mechanics – and get it there – (ie : the consumer) – besides getting a kick out of doing something uncommon in the market place --- Once found -- then concise planning – a long range plan – a good team – and all Bonnie Cashin wants to do is THINK of ideas – And – who knows? This maybe the spark the whole market needs and maybe make small buckets of money for everyone –“
Handwritten essay: A new business idea for a changing market – / a flexible kind of business big enuf for economic production – small enuf that ideas will not be lost – the small order of today may be the ford of tomorrow – / Identity – a certain look – a certain viewpoint – for a certain way of life which happens to fit today – / Bonnie Cashin – who thinks best under a tree – or on the go – who enjoys dreaming – planning – designing – fabric hunts – color conjuring – promotion ideas – who thinks most these things are done most creatively off Seventh Ave –
Drawing of woman in maternity clothes with handwritten essay titled : “Once a year collectionMaternity Clothes –Gay – fresh – sensible and fun –Timed for the lowest factory production period of the year –Name? –Waiting LineHeir ConditionersHeir Apparent”[signed] “Summer Somewhere by Bonnie Cashin”
Handwritten essay titled: Summer Somewhere / A business based on the fact that seasonal boundaries are disappearing – A fine chance to start a whole new concept of servicing consumer needs today – What’s good for the east in deep freeze isn’t necessarily so somewhere else – Resort period good place to start – All kinds of clothes for 60 [degrees] and up – play – work – travel – after six – things to dance in --- Cottons – linens – silks – and wonderful odd fabrics from foreign lands (And of course summer can be under a fur coat too!) / [signed:] Summer Somewhere by Bonnie Cashin
SWAHILI: Haya ni makala ya kitaaluma yaliyoandikwa na Profesa Rayya Timammy, msomi mashuhuri na Dean Msaidizi wa zamani wa Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi. Makala haya yamechapishwa katika kitabu cha ''Nyimbo na Siasa katika Afrika Mashariki'', chenye insha mbalimbali za nyimbo na siasa kutoka eneo hilo. Profesa Rayya Timammy alimtumia Ustadh Mau na kazi yake kama kielelezo cha kuonyesha uhusiano kati ya serikali ya jadi, siasa na hotuba. Anafanya hivyo kwa kuchunguza jinsi siasa inavyodhamiriwa katika tamthilia iliyoandikwa na mshairi.<br>ENGLISH: This is an academic article written by Professor Rayya Timammy, a well-known academic and previous Associate Dean of the University of Nairobi. This article was published in the book ''Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa'', containing various essays on songs and politics from the region. Professor Rayya Timammy used Ustadh Mau and his work as a case study to portray the connection between the traditional state, politics and orature. She does this by examining how politics is thematised in the epic written by the poet.