Text of press release: "This is a spunky-skunky coat, in which the much maligned little skunk is given due credit for its beauty and its durability, and just to underscore its new status, the tell-tale white markings have been removed.Bonnie Cashin with her flair for originality who designs for PhilipSills Company, has combined the fur with musk colored suede in anew kind of tuxedo effect. The fur scarf-like front is anchored in with buckled suede, and the whole coat is lined with wool jersey. It’s worn here over a helmeted, skinny sleeved dress of the same jersey.No. 4601 - Available in extra small, small and medium sizes - $575.00.AVAILABLE IN YOUR CITY"
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in 2 outfits. 8 prints show the model wearing a dark colored, long sleeved, ankle-length dress with a hood. It ties at the waist empire style and fastens with four buttons. She wears gloves with large fur-trimmed cuffs.The next 4 prints show the model in an ankle length, long-sleeved dress with an empire waist. Two thin belts cinch the waist. The model wears a slouch, shapeless hat and gauntlet-like gloves with large cuffs in a leather-like material.
(Exclusive to you in your city)#2170 $575Bonnie Cashin's hooded “Noh” coat that buckles to a close, is made of soft, “green tea” leather and lined with natural raccoon. From the Bonnie Cashin Collection for Fall and Winter, designed ezclusive)y for Saks Fifth Avenue.FROM: Helen 0’HagahPublicitySaks Fifth Averue611 Fifth AveiueNew York, New York"
Photo shoot of a model wearing a knee-length coat the top of which is in a suede-like material. From the chest down it is paneled with fur. The hood is trimmed in the same fur. She wears Cossak-like pants, bunched at the knees and high boots.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in a large knee-length coat of either cloth or suede with a large, dark fur collar. Under the coat the model wears a shirt with hood and zippered front, belt with oval buckle and knickerbockers (also known as knickers) and laced-up black leather boots. In some prints she is wearing mittens. Studio shots.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in an outfit consisting of a hooded, long-sleeve top under a tunic-like garment that is belted under each arm. Over this, she wears a cape with a fur collar and metal fasteners. She also wears mittens
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in a dark colored, ankle-length dress cinched below the chest by a thin leather-like belt. The collar is high and is fastened by buttons. She wears platform shoes, gauntlet-like gloves and a fur hat.
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.
Fur coat of reversed patchwork Persian Lam, leather lining which manages to give an effect of collage. Under it wearing blouse with a hood over it wearing hat. Wrap around coat with string leather belt.
A mannequin is wearing a coat that has fur lining that are shown on the collar and end sleeves and front opening. The coat has two pockets with horizontal openings. The mannequin is wearing a headscarf and very long above the knee tightly fitted boots.
Text of press release: "A fresh approach to the fur-loather combination is shown in this handsome coat by Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills. For its fashion debut, guanaco in its natural color of white and reddish beige completely lines a belled kid coat. The tuxedo front is held snugly at the neck by leather ties. Low welt seaming accentuates the new silhouotte. The coat is completely reversible.167 $250. w/s r/t around $400.00"
Contact sheet with 10 prints of a model showing 2 ensembles. The first 3 prints shows her wearing slacks with boots, mittens and a knit cap. She wears a light-colored coat belted at the waist with a large fur collar. Under the coat she wears a sweater with a large rolled collar.In the next 7 prints the model wears a matching jacket and knee-length skirt both in a large plaid. The jacket is cinched at the waist by a belt that matches the trim for the buttons and the sleeves. She has a shoulder bag, high boots and a knit cap.
Contact sheet with 11 prints of a model in a lined cape with a fur collar. It has four metal turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners. She appears to wear a hooded sweater under a sleeveless tunic that fastens with a buckle under each arm. She wears slack, and thick soled clogs. She wears knit gloves with a cable cuff. The three elements of the ensemble seem to be in a suede-like material.