Handwritten on drawing: lynx dyed fox / fox – inside & out slightly bubbles – strips loosely tacked together / tails form a jabot down the front / Bonnie Cashin / 1978
Handwritten on drawing: deep freeze stiff --- the “Noh” coat in shaggy “Boreggo” – or raccoon --- or skunk – try it with a suede skirt and tall boots in town --- or – wear it over breeches in the country --- it’s wide neckline tales a turtle neck or dramatic scarves beautifully / Bonnie Cashin / 1962
Handwritten on drawing: slim-jiin sable all soft & supple to wrap into --- with a big Puritan collar/ bk. Swakara / red jersey lining / #241 / Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: great new way to look in snow country – leather “espadrille” breeches – topped by a chunky Boreggo fur jacket – maybe dyed a giddy red – under that – a sweater & baby bonnet & mitts – all handknit tweedy mohair / Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: long hair seal / a 7/8 cardigan coat – all line – no fuss – lined to the edge with jersey – bound off in leather – and leather buckled – great for travel – or anything / Bonnie Cashin / 1962
Handwritten on drawing: Black Broadtail – timeless eastern line – the surprise is fur – the jersey lining – the outlines of leather – and the effortless elegance --- Bonnie Cashin
Text from press release: FROM: ELEANOT LAMBERT / 32 East 57 Street, NYC / MU 8-2130 / FOR RELEASE: ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 29TH 1961 / A full, sit-on-the-floor skirt of man-made fur, edged in the same suede as the matching shirt, designed for Sills & Co. --- by Bonnie Cashin who received the Coty American Fashion Critic's "Special Award" at a formal presentation and fashion show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 28th. / Style # 1874 (skirt) / # 818 (shirt)
Suede jacket lined in fur (real or fake) with a shawl collar and buckle closure with a leather tab attachment. Worn with a hooded jersey top and suede trousers.
Photograph of a model wearing a three-quarter-length hooded coat. Starting high on the waist, the coat's exterior is lined with fur and the hood is fur trimmed. She wears pantaloon-like pants gather at the knees into high boots.
A display in a store window of a mannequin wearing a blouse suit. The pants has narrow legs and the shirt is long sleeves. The mannequin is wearing a fur hat.
Handwritten on drawing: Animal Kingdom – nice way to look on an early fall day – monkey fur “shell” over a long skinny sleeved jersey --- wear it under your cloth coat when the temperature drops / Bonnie Cashin / 1962
Handwritten on drawing: Animal Kingdom / the “Noh” coat – for a great chunk of a coat in boreggo – toggle fastened – lined in jersey / turban – mitts – and boots --- / raccoon too / Bonnie Cashin / 1962
Handwritten on drawing: sleek little suit – chameleon enuf to go anywhere --- “coffee bean” broadtail edged in leather – wear it with a jersey camisole --- Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: enormous long (R.R.G.) white fox cape --- show over nothing – tall girl essential – good actress – bare shoe --- my heart belongs to Daddy sort of thing – diamond bracelets / tuck point [of hood] under or wear down as cowl / Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: black monkey skirt – wear it for day with a brown suede jacket --- aor – by eve with a scoop neck sweater / monkey / hair seal / raccoon lamb / Bonnie Cashin
Tweed coat with one button above the slender leather belt tied at the waist, and dolman sleeves folded back at the cuff. The tweed fabric has a dot patter on a grid. The outfit is completed with gloves and a fur hat.
Model wearing a suit with a leather jacket with a plaid fabric collar and cuffs, and a narrow skirt and handbag in a matching plaid. She also wears a close-fitting fur hat and leather gloves.
Contact sheet of 10 prints of a model posing in 2 different outfits on a deck. In 7 prints the model wears dark slacks and a light colored turtle neck sweater under an ankle-length, kimono-style coat in a wool fabric. Though the coat has metal fasteners, it also cinches at the waist. She wears platform sandals, glove and a turban-like head piece.In 3 prints the model wears leather-like pants, a hooded tope and elbow length gloves. She wears platform sandals and a heavy ankle-length wool coat/cape with slits where the arems come out. The coat fastenes with three tie laces. She wears a fur hat.
Contact sheet with 11 prints of a model on a deck in leather-like pants and a hooded top. She wears platform sandals and a heavy ankle-length wool coat/cape with slits where the arms can come out. The coat fastens with three tie laces. She wears a fur hat.
Handwritten on drawing: poplin / fur collar with guard underneath to form hood when collar turns up / plaid wool lining / to edge / nutria / Bonnie Cashin / WEATHERWEAR - Dec. 10/81
Photograph of a model in an outdoor setting wearing a long one piece dress with a scoop neck and belted at the waist. She wears a knee-length coat fur lined at the wide, shaped lapel or revers and at the cuffs, and a beaded knit hat.
Handwritten on drawing: “please copy my favorite old chinois tunic in fur – maybe sleek black broadtail – and edge it in leather / I’ll wear it day and nite” --- and probably forever / Bonnie Cashin
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing an almost floor-length coat that is tied at the waist by strap-like leather belt. The coat fastens at the neck by a collar the wraps around to the right shoulder and fastens with two metal snaps. She wears platform sandals, gauntlet-like gloves and a large fur hat.
Photo shoot of a model wearing a three-quarter length hooded coat. Starting high on the waist, the coat's exterior is lined with fur and the hood is fur trimmed. She wears pantaloon-like pants gathered at the knees into high boots.
Handwritten on drawing: windbreak -- hooded - buckled - lined in racoon --- another version lined in alpaca / [swatch note:] new red kid / Bonnie Cashin / Mar. 9 - 1963
Handwritten on drawing: Animal Kingdom – a simple kimono of a coat – all shape – hair seal framed in leather – separate neck fill in of fur / Bonnie Cashin / scarf
Handwritten on drawing: A way to look at the theatre – just above the ankle wool jersey dress – carry a throw – a whole animal – jaguar lined in jersey – edged in leather --- Bonnie Cashin / 1962
Fleece-lined canvas (?) coat with a shawl collar, extended sleeves and in-seam, stitched-down pockets. the high-waistline tie is inside of the coat in the back and emerges from two bound holes to tie over the coat in the front. The model wears gloves and a fur (or fake fur) hat.
Handwritten on drawing: monkey business --- for you – if your waise is little and your spirit blithe --- bell of a skirt in sleek black monkey – wear it with perhaps a dark brown suede skirt like this – of a bare little sweater for evening – over it all pop a simple black cloth coat / Bonnie Cashin / 1962
Handwritten on drawing: (background) white or pale fox painted with zebra pattern in beige – (see B.C. canvas bag for pattern) enlarged / same pattern in front / use #18 body – leave open at sides – to be l aid flat for print / Bonnie Cashin / #21
Handwritten on drawing: long slim coat ankle length / fox – 2 toned / outside – earth fox / inside lynx dye fox / inside facing light fur / wood toggles & thongs / pocket / do in Janaico small bits of white / Bonnie Cashin / 12
Handwritten on drawing: “jean jack” / 2 shades fox [crossed out:] brown & toway chestnut / & raison earth / also cut in cat / OK #2 / Bonnie Cashin / Feb/78
Model wearing a fur coat , over-the-knee length, with 3/4 sleeves with fold-back cuffs. She carries a leather buck-shaped tote handbag. Seated men and women (probably buyers) observe from both sides of the aisle.
Handwritten on drawing: #2103/7125 / mink lined in handknit --- worn over jerkin of handknit --- worn over brown knit pants & pale nat. cashmere sweater (R.R.G.) knits from (the Knittery) / wear back-slightly off neck / Bonnie Cashin