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: 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
Sketch of a model in a knit jacket over pants and a criss-crossed top tied at the waist. Text of note: "Simple slip-on easy pants + a brief little criss-cross top of fine all wool jersey in a soft mauvey tone are creature comfort to me -- I like the contrast of a thick texturey mix of a knit over it all in subtle wisteria colors --At bottom: May 30, 1980 for Bernadine Morris NY Times"
Handwritten on drawing: Lumber Jill Where are you going my pretty maid?to chop some wood she said --- kidskin and knit and a mobile elastic waistline --- / Bonnie Cashin / Jan. 1963
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
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: love my wonderful Irish tweed jacket -- unlined -- all edges accented with "green tea" leather --- stick pin fastenings I think are fun -- I wear it over a skinny "green tea" jersey sheath -- or a leather skirt / Bonnie Cashin / 1958
Leather jacket -- collarless with three turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners. Worn with elastic-cuffed pants with a pocket on the left thigh, high top tennis shoes and a beret.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing a two-piece matching outfit. The jacket and skirt with a front vent are of the same wool-like checked material. The coller of the jacket and its front panels are fringed; the jacket closes with a metal turnlock [turnscrew] closures. She wears solid, light-colored gloves with an eyelet and a shoulder bag.Her earrings are rounded squares of what appears to be metal with an off-center punchout.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing a two-piece matchin outfit. The jacket and skirt with a front vent are of the same wool-like checked material. The collar of the jacket and its front panels are fringed. She wears solid, light-colored gloves with a metal turnlock [turnscrew] closur, and a shoulder bag. Her earrings are rounded squares of what appears to be metal with an off-center punchout.
Photograph of a kneeling model wearing a blouson-like leather jacket with matching leather shorts. She wears a hood and has apocket hanky in the breast pocket and wears flat sandals. She is looking in a picnic basket.
Two female models. Model on the left is seated and wearing a dress, a cloche hat, a pearl necklace, and a light jacket made of thin fabric. Model on the right is standing and wearing a short-sleeved dress, a wide brimmed hat, a pearl necklace, and gloves, and she is holding a wicker hatbox.
Model posing in an East Asian-style outfit. She wears a conical hat (also known as sedge hat, rice hat, paddy hat or coolie hat) made out of woven material, and a light colored jacket with a mandarin collar, fastened with simple frogs.
Text from press release: EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYDon’t be a square ... Be in with the parabolic (a geometric term we’d better get to know) and lead in the fashion parade.Bonnie Cashin is a designer who defies c1ichs. She has created this parabola skirt for Philip Sills Company in black leather lined with make-believe chinchilla, translating the conical shape into eye-commanding artistry.Infinitely wearable, indoors or outdoors, with deep side pockets, the skirt is happily mated with charcoal gray cashmere legs. The sweater too is cashmere, another Cashin favorite.No. 2517 - Parabola skirt - Approx. retail price $110.00No. 407 - Cashmere legs - “““ $ 50.00No. 404 - Cashmere sweater - “““ $ 40.00Bonnie Cashin designs for Philip Sills E* Company available in your city.
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
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
Text: "the elegance of moody greys & browns in a very sportive suit"; "(3240) body altered" [fabric?]; "3282" [jacket design]; "5259" [skirt design]; "skirt - (4259) front & back pleat only" [fabric]; "Bonnie Cashin Feb '74"
Sketch of a parabola jacket with dolman sleeves and stand-up collar. Shown with a and pleated in the same fabric. Pockets of jacket are edged in leather. Skirt has leather edge and underlay.
Two ethnic looking jackets. L: Jacket with narrow band collar, pleats escending from the shoulder seams about 6" down the front, long cuffed sleeves gathered at the shoulder, and side pockets. R: Jacket with narrow band collar, yoke that extends into the top of the cuffed sleeve, and pockets with "x" top stitching high up below the yoke and underarm seams.
Text of press release : "EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYBonnie Cashin’s new collection for Philip Sills & Company is a re-dedication of their concepts to that growing clientele they both dearly love - - “that aware, involved, independent woman, who has not the time or taste for fads or period pieces, and who considers her wardrobe an enriching adjunct to total living.”For this independent busy girl here is a workable, wearable canvas jacket which has two Cashin trade-marks: the attached purse-pocket with turn- screwed closure, and the leather tracings.The jacket can be worn with a skirt or dress, but makes its important appearance when worn with matching narrow pants. These are a new interpretation of leather front, with a canvas back.The colors are lyrical, such as: malarky, geranium, pheasant, linen and toffee.Jacket No. 2734. - extra small, small and medium: - $140.00Pants - No. 2746 - Sizes 6 to 114- - $80.00.Available in your city."
Text of press release:"CASH IN COUNTRYDivision of Russel Taylor, Inc.512 Seventh AvenueNew York, N.Y. 10018For release: On or after Saturday-Sunday, November 24-25, 1979.Bonnie Cashins’ belief in designs of pure shape and clean lines, works superbly in shaping ‘Suede 21’ into a pantsuit featuring a simply cut, classic, side-vented kimono jacket. Part of herCashin Country Collection for Spring ‘80.Style: #8151 JacketSuggested retail price: $300.--Style: #8007 PantsSuggested retail price: $230.--"
Text of press release: "BONNIE CASHIN TAKES A GIANT STEP IN SUEDEHere is a 2 piece all-suede suit that will pep up even the weariest traveler. Styled particularly for individualists, impeccably tailored in the newest of our suede shades - a derring-do color called Krishna. Peek under the soft, bow-tied jacket and you’ll find the brightest surprise of the season. A sleeveless blouse of light weight brushed jersey in the boldest, brightest multicolored flower pattern you can imagine. The suit in Krishna (turquoise) suede, Style #733X13Z4 about $125.00 retail. The blouse, Style#14 about $55. 00 retail. Both in 8 to 16 sizes.EDITOR THIS PHOTO IS EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITY."
Handwritten on drawing: kid-weight suede lined / 27" length, 20" shoulder / 8" slope at shoulder / 18" sleeve length / 8 1/2" sleeve width / 5 1/2" bottom of sleeve / 19 1/2" across the back / 23" across back hem / 1 1/8" binding / silk lining / 3/16/79 out, too short in back / Bonnie Cashin / Jan 17/79 / #10
Text of press release : "Bonnie Cashin believes that “color lifts the face and lifts the spirit.” For Sills & Company she has introduced a brace of new color tones used with imagination in this leather jacket in a soft lavendar with an abstract splash of sailor blue. Loose and easy, thong-tied at the collar, with deep, no-nonsense pockets.The lean leather pants continue to be a perennial favorite for today’s more elegant, casual needs, whether worn under coats, ponchos, short or little toppers or the big elasticized bubble tops, another Cashin favorite.No. 4672 — Jacket. One size - $300.00No. 6493 - Leather pants - Sizes 6 to 16 - $200.00Available in your city."
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s crisp white shorty jacket, she calls “the Chopper,” worn with a swingy ballet-length skirt in a lively blue called “Matisse.”The skirt looks fresh and new with a shirt or sweater too, and the “Chopper” achieves a completely new effect with long lean pants. Wonderfully versatile costume for resort wear.Chopper jacket — No. 3354 — Sizes Xs, 5, M. — $200.00.Skirt — No. 3355 — Sizes 6 to 12 — $200.00.RELEASE AT WILLEXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYFrom Sills & Company.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Model wearing a suit composed of a light-colored suede jacket and perforated suede skirt, and a knit cloche-type hat. She also wears knit gloves and holds a dark leather tote made of fur and leather bindings and straps.
Shawl collar suede jacket lined in a substantial rib knit, with a matching rib knit top with a suede-bound neckline. A suede strap tie is fastened around the waist. Paired with a matching narrow, over-the-knee length suede skirt. Accessorized with jersey cap.
Light-colored canvass jacket with bound pockets and a buttoned pocket in the back. The jacket is worn with dark-gloves, a leopard print hat and small scarf tied at the neck.
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 calls her hooded wrap-around “The Thing,” a hand— loomed plaid, a “Noh”—type mini—jacket traced with suede, with elongated spaghetti ties that circle the waist.Shown here with ankle—length, double-knit jersey dress, yoked in suede, “The Thing” functions as effectively for daytime wear, perhaps over a full skirt, as it does in the evening.The Thing ....$160.No. 14262 — Jersey Dress — Sizes 6 to 114 — $180.Produced by Sills & Company.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Contact sheet with 10 prints of a model in matching jacket and pants in a leather-like material. She wears high top two-tone shoes. The jacket features large pockets with metal turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners (not visible in these photographs), and a built-in pouch on the back.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in matching jacket and pants in a leather-like material. She wears high top two-tone shoes and gloves. the jacket features large pockets with metal turnlock [turnscrew] fastenersand a built-in pouch on the back.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing slacks, two-toned, laced shoes, a striped, hooded top under a sleeveless jacket with pockets, and slightly cut-away in front. She wears gloves and ins ome prints hold a pair of sunglasses.