Handwritten on design: Don Quixote’s hat -- not to fight windmills – but the, the wind, if you like driving with the top down. It could be made of denim or flannel or stra[?] [straw?] cloth – and the eye shield is mode of smoked plastic. Watercolor is signed and dated.
Handwritten on drawing: a suit is to be suitable in --- I feel very suitable in suede with a wide stride skirt & the briefest of jackets to take me to luncheon or a board meeting --- I wear the parts separately with other things too / Bonnie Cashin
Text of press release: "RELEASE AT WILLEXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYEasy rider ... Bonnie Cashin’s practical and enduring “bicycle suit” that leads a rugged life...for cycling around town, for travel, for spectator sports.Of buttersoft Angola leather, the bubble Jacket’s “back pack” is a super carry—all. The bracelet cuffs hug the wrists and the front is battened down with hardware closures.The knee length breeches are also of Angola leather. Available in a].1 the luscious Cashin—dyed colors.From Sills & Company.No. 298 — Jacket — Sizes Xsmall, small, medium — $230.No. 3299 — Pants — Sizes 6 to 16 — $160.Sweater and headgear from Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Text of press release:"Bonnie Cashin refers to Zibeline fabrics as cozy security blankets against deep freeze. Here she combines mohair with leather in her big—little and big—long coats ... contemporary classics ... produced by Sills & Company.Big—little Zibeline in an easy version of her famous Noh carving, in a natural winter—white tone called Sandstone. Traced with leather, the inside of the coat is as beautifully and meticulously structured as the outside. The huge, detachable Fling is pure creature—comfort as well as pure drama.The Big Coat is another imaginative use of the Sandstone Zibeline, yoked front and back with wind—resistant splashes of Sandstone leather, as are the tailored details. The front is battened down with hardware [turnlock / turnscrew] closures —- another Cashin signature.The Pants are available in Sandstone leather as well as in many of the unique palette—designed tones in the collection.No. 3295 — Jacket and Fling — Sizes Xsmall, small, medium — $280.No. 3253 — Coat — Sizes Xsmall, small, medium — $290.No. 6L93 — Pants — Sizes 6 to 16 — $170.Headgear — Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s suit—to—be—suitable—in, with its own flingable, swingable poncho. Designed for Sills & Company.The tweed was woven by loving Irish hands in Donegal in a mixture of Naturals. The tied—in Jacket is yoked and sleeved with Angola leather.The skirt with four big box pleats is for easy striding, bus—hopping, or just trotting around town.The poncho, unmistakable Bonnie Cashin, is a great fling with hardware battenings for stormy weather, and the roomiest of pockets.No. 3259 — Suit — Sizes 6 to 114 — $310.No. 2995 — Poncho — $180.Headgear - Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s love of a suit, produced by Sills & Company.The jacket is her famous “Noh” shaping, fashioned out of a confection of hand—loomed, basket—weave wool plaid, imported from England, in tones of dove, pheasant and saddle, all framed with saddle leather, the front anchored with a maxi buckle.The skirt is lightly shaped for easy striding and loping.No. 3271 — Sizes 6 to 114 — $260.Sweater and headgear from Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Text of press release: "Unmistakably Bonnie Cashin--this on-the-go-coat in oak-colored fleecy zibeline, traced with oak suede is cropped for speed. The attached purse-pocket, especially designed for obvious security reasons, is a Cashin signature, as are the hardware closures.Super when worn with suede pants, a turned-up turtleneck sweater, knitted hood and gloves.The jacket and pants from Sills & Company.No. 5081 - Jacket - Sizes Xs-S.-M - $230.00.No. 61i.93 - Pants - Sizes 6 to 16 - $150.00.Sweater - Bonnie Cashin’s iitteryGloves - Crescendoe by Bonnie Cashin.AVAILPJBIE IN YOUR CITY."
Handwritten on drawing: Sunday in the coutry --- softest suede = pretty spring color church - then lunch at the club / pockets in skirt / Bonnie Cashin / Sept 1964
From sketch : “ First thing in the morning I make up my bed- then make up my mind to workout – this cozy Strachey thing starts me off just right”. Sweat suit in blue with the red head gear .
Handwritten on drawing: a suit to be suitable in for a walk on a brisk day -- pale beige kidskin dandy coat - narrowed at the top - breesed out at the back --- lined in grenfell - pantaloons of grenfell and leather too / Bonnie Cashin