"A sort of Persian gentleman's kind of coat. Actually it is Persian lamb inside. All little pieces sewn together. All deep woodsy browns. Curiously like a painting which I prefer on the outside. I feel I'm wearing a Paul Klee! A simple surround which ties in back. Just bind it round with leather & let it be."
Illustration text: "It's like a supple little "nok" of a throw--please make it unlined--in a lovely soft lamb--so that it can be worn on the fur side or inside out--It will be the most useful thing in my wardrobe--over pants, over suits, over P.M. things--and over there I wing round the world."
2 sketches of a fur coat designed by Cashin for R.R.G. (Rein, Rame, and Gourevitch). The larger sketch depicts a side view of the coat; the smaller one has pencil annotations indicating that the undercollar, facing and binding would be leather. Sketch is signed by Bonnie Cashin.
Illustration text: "This one in the lightest most drapeable skins possible. Fake roll-up sleeves over attached knitted sleeves & collar too--the epitome of casual independent elegance--make one cropped short too."
From sketch: “ I’d like to have a little jacket to wear cycling, straight front covered up short, and a fuelled back just long enough to cover my rear as well as the bike seat see ?”.
From sketch: “the layered hand winter insulate wear a great leather mitt over a bright knitted glove. I’d like it in bright red and a brassy color each wore after a bright mustard yellow glove, make it in heavy leather with heavy overcastting wheel ! what a glad hand.
From sketch: “ for me less & less cutting up pure line graphic shape delicious texture marvelous color earth & sky tones think Thoreau [?], nothing dead nothing funk nothing attic! Everything perfecting natural”. From drawing a model wearing headscarves and shawl, with long gloves.
From sketch: “ I love being a part of the 70’s going on the 80’s-tjeres’ a lot to be done change everywhere my hands are busy ones- no delicate gloves for me- I pull them on with ease- happy free & comfortable- tough with a lots of fashion! The wearing hand is the 70’s hand.
From sketch: “the muffed hand turn your great gantlets into a muff “ turnabout” make it in bright-like red & yellow & a deep peat kind of brown- live it in furry pile. From drawing a model putting her hand together under a muffed.
From sketch: “ a great blanket of a coat- the super cover in thick soft mohair. From drawing long winter coat with hood and two large front side pockets.
From sketch: “ I reserve my longer lengths (and I prefer ballet-length) only for leisure hours when I’m not rushing about, for the little bit of leg showing I like it bright matching. From drawing a model wearing under knee high and some kind of gloves?
From sketch: “ I think I’ll just live in my bloomer dress this year I can pull the legs down to reach my boots tops, or up real short to show off tweedy free legs in nice football colors. I feel like the 70’s going on the 80’s!. From
Handwritten on drawing: big wrappy tweedy coat unlined, pleat in back. From drawing model wearing tweed coat with two big front pockets and belt around the waist.
From sketch: “ the layered arm I love capes, mantles, ponchos, togas & all that sort of thing. I wear them over skinny sleeved jerseys- please make to slip cover my arm, make it roomy unfitted & very sportive. I’d like it in black & a quiet elegant tone & a bright happy red to stop traffic”.
From sketch: “Spring 71, the scrap-sac, all you need for drama carry you own kinetic sculpture. From drawing model wearing a scrap bag over her shoulder.
From sketch: “Spring 71, half bucket drawstring softie. Metal, rope ”. From drawing bucket shape, handbag with shoulder strap and metal on top of the bag. Rope goes through the whole.
From sketch: “Spring 71, the blue jean look- white industrial stitching buckles & brads- tuck a workman bandana inside”. Model wearing blue jean & top with shoulder straps handbag. Stitches around the hand bag, and wholes on strap.
From sketch: “ Spring 71, soft little envelopes over shoulder or clutch. Contrast stitch-narrow straps”. Small over shoulder strap bag flap over with wholes or toggles on strap.
From sketch: “from the let big umbrella with strips, two tote bags one big one small. Strip and check wallet, junc sac clutch and small junc and at the bottom elastic slipper.
From sketch: Lilliput’s-gold touched gold clip wallet. Great need for streamlined thin Jim purse accessories that can be carried in smaller bags-perhaps do all in block only with bright silk lining. Thin small compact & mirror gold edged, small coin purse, eyeglass case gold tipped. Small thins address boo gold tipped. Delicate zipper gold leather clutch
From sketch: “The body bag, I don’t care if it has been copied, I’d like new various new colors keep me free! One wide shoulder strap, arm rubbing white wearing.
From sketch: “Soft, wear it this way or this way big zipper 8520 shape. Big soft pouch threaded thru with cord or chain to be tied over shoulder or around waist. Sketch of model wearing a pouch over her shoulder.