Handwritten on drawing: #703 / [swatch note:] stitch in white / A suit is to be suitable in --- and I fele suitable for a drizzly day in town all waterproofed cotton -- and my hair in a bag / Bonnie Cashin / OK
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.
Short coat with the fake fur lining showing on the large collar, with welt pockets and a half belt (under the coat in the back and threaded through openings to tie in the front).
Handwritten on drawing: A new fussy little suit - rather Marcel Marceau - almost all sleeves for a jacket over a mini waist & a widening skirt - in a delicious craft kind of tapestry tweed - / unlined / [swatch note:] oak / Bonnie Cashin / Mar '73
Handwritten on drawing: split-level coat #28 / schooner blue poplin lined with firehouse red -- red under collar / snaps / zipper underneath to detach [lower half] / Bonnie Cashin / July 26/79 / WEATHERWEAR SP.' 80
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: a narrow shaft of f[...] for my first fall dress -- shopping -- lunching -- browsing -- I'll wear it under my unlined tweed coat later / Bonnie Cashin / Mar. 5 - 1963
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: a wide circled mantle -- a high turtled neck -- pocketed on the inside -- traced round with leather -- and - look no hand holes -- throw one end over shoulder / 5452 cape / Bonnie Cashin / Jan/68
Handwritten on drawing: 1366 / angelic for spring - a sweet little smock - a sweet little check - tweedy sheer / yoke & sleeves silk lined / Bonnie Cashin '66
Handwritten on drawing: four parts of fall -- a shirt / a shell / a long stride skirt / a suede cardigan over all -- line it with wool / Bonnie Cashin / Jan/68
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
Suede shirt and skirt ensemble. The top has a band collar, yoke, 4-button placket, long sleeves with cuffs, and 3 narrow stitched pleats extending from the yoke on the left and right. The skirt is over-the-knee length, has a front pleat and slash pockets.
Handwritten on drawing: body #1 / a new kind of raglan [sleeve] / deeper -- looser -- more drape -- away from body -- cross between raglan & kimono / less shape at shoulder / allow sleeve to drape / notice curve front [under arm] to back / [sleevelhem:] keep wide with deep under facing / Vito -- please make all complete muslins with proper facings & make stitching & buttons / boxy - bell shape (not boxy) / Bon[nie Cashin] / 269
Handwritten on drawing: body #2 / new shawl -- wider - deeper in length / shoulder sema with about 3" slit / wide kimono-like sleeve set in high of shoulder / [swatch note:] also in greenwood with pile / Bonnie Cashin / Dec. 12/84 / 604 / #152
Handwritten on drawing: LAMBSWOOL / BODY #G - NOH JACKET BUT CUT STRAIGHT UP FRONT WITH HOOD ATTACHED AS #23 / PLEASE DYE THIS OUTFIT IN THE NEW COLOR SENT TO US - BULRUSH / [edge:] 1" 1/1 RIB BINDING / #162 / #108 PANTS TO MATCH / a Bonnie Cashin design - Aug 20/74
Sketch of a figure wearing a long jumper over a long sleeve top. The shoulder straps have toggle closures and there is a seam at the empire waistline. There is a panel of a different fabric starting at the knee down to the hem. Swatches of a light brown and a rust colored suede are attached.
Handwritten on drawing: Tara -- wool/rayon (see B.C. sweater for closure, neck & armhole) / color - bamboo / Bonnie Cashin / Dec 30/80 / BC 14 / CASHIN COUNTRY FALL/81
Handwritten on drawing: #3497 / I'd like my favorite Noh coat in a heavy linen -- pure --- I'll wear it over a kidskin skirt / Bonnie Cashin / Aug 1, 1964
Handwritten on drawing: anglo melton / lined with salm check / do skirt -- plaid as #11 skirt / get white sweater / #7901 $160 / Bonnie Cashin / Dec '78 / CC 19
Text:[covered by swatch]; "unlined"; "Spring is a shell suit -- suede with a jersey shirt or sweater --"; "385 shell shape pulled up 2" shorter at the shoulder to allow shaping to start higher-- deeper V in front also shorter length" [vest]; "1385" [shirt]; "2940 skirt - reg. length - with turnscrew [turnlock]at side instead of toggle"; "3940" [skirt]; "Bonnie Cashin July '71"
Handwritten on drawing: [dress:] 3066, pheasant jersey, no binding, face with jersey, pheasant leather [for skirt], all one piece / [jacket:] 2972 wooden button, pheasant trim / Bonnie Cashin / July '71
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.