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
Handwritten on drawing: WE LIVE AS WE PLEASE / I live in New York or California or Paris -- My suitcase is always packed – and the world is just around the corner. I live on an income – and I’ve learned to know a value. I pay a lot for my clothes – but then they are me for years and years – I never never “the” dress of the season – I find what I like at Macy’s
Handwritten on drawing: WE LIVE AS WE PLEASE / I’m mostly on the go – my interests are many – I run a house – a child in school – and a day-time job too. I’m not a matchstick and my husband’s glad – I like my clothes casual, flattering, and well-mannered – and they must move with me – I find what I like at – Macys
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: 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
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: 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: 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: love my new P.M sweater which I can wear for hostessing at home or evenings out – it had long tight skinny sleeves that fit close underarm
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: [swatch notes:] Style 5048-24, color 2, Crestwood Wooleus / CUT WORKING / red plaid / red leather belt / plaid skirt / 4 gore [annotation in Italian:] zipper al fianco [...] / 824
Handwritten on drawing: After dark in a long slim slip of cashmere -- narrow string halter, tied -- and its own double weight cashmere poncho to cover up / #275 dress, #316 poncho / Bonnie Cashin
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.
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
Handwritten on the drawing: Knits are a busy girls best friend – for years I’ve knitted my own – loving texture & color as I do it was fun to see it come off the needles. Now it’s exciting to find this same handmade look can be duplicated by machine –
Handwritten on drawing: Warm as fur …Talented senior citizen hands knit beautiful thick, soft, boucle mohair yarn into B.C’s favorite noh shaped topper…tied in snugly with a suede thong. Wear it over pants & a cashmere big turtle or over the filmiest chiffon dress.
Clipping from the New York Times, 11/30/1952: "The new wit of the knit -- our own Bonnie Cashin collection [...]" with drawings of five models wearing knit dress ensembles.
Clipping 2: "This is the look...here and further south! / Knit costumes...tinged with the magic expectation of travel. [...] Smartwear-Irving Saks" with a drawing of five models wearing Bonnie Cashin knitwear dress ensembles.
Handwritten on drawing: big brother swipe – his 2 ply sleeveless cashmere in frankly female colors – wear it with a matching skirt -- & add your best silk shirt –
Handwritten on drawing: simple covering of jersey -- almost bare with a suede cardigan cover up --- / [cardigan:] 3208 / [dress] 3209 / jersey, leather trim / [cardigan] suede unlined / [top sleeve] seam / Bonnie Cashin / July 1973
Handwritten on drawing: a day in town – shopping and a luncheon date – neatly costumed in three-piece cashmere – skirt – sweatery top – and under that a short sleeved sweater polka dotted in blocks –
Handwritten on drawing: RAYON STRIPE AS SWATCH / WHITE GROUND / BLACK STRIPES ON TOP ONLY OF BLOUSE AS INDICATED -- REMAINDER IS WHITE WITH WHITE SKIRT / [WRIST:] elastic / [bottom of top:] DRAWSTRING / Bonnie Cashin July 1 1/81 / CASHINCOUNTRY KNITS
Handwritten on drawing: 1387 / new collar / [back of jacket:] pleats / [jacket:] regular facing of leather, lined in cotton / [skirt:] 1388, full skirt (like wool) - line in cotton / Bonnie Cashin
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: a completely new cut for a beautifully simple cashmere sweater & skirt in off-beat 2 ply-mixes – wear it as a suit or add an undershirt – plain – dotted – or striped
Handwritten on drawing: dinner in front of the fire – I feel dreamy in my long suede skirt – striped in subtle tawny tones – and a hand knit mohair sweater in curry – sleeves pushed up -- I might wear my amber beads too
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: I'd like to have a fall rain-suit --- please line the tunic top with something warm / rain skirt wlastic top / [swatch note:] sticth in green / Bonnie Cashin / OK