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
From sketch:” For spring wear the barest little camisole under your bubble suit- all cashmere of course.#359-Bubble-cashmere,#3730-Pull-on skirt cashmere, #356-camisole”.Wearing yellow two suit.
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
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.
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.
Text:[covered by swatch]; "unlined"; "Spring is a shell suit -- suede with a jersey shirt or sweater --"; "385 shell shape pulled up 2" shorter at the shoulder to allow shaping to start higher-- deeper V in front also shorter length" [vest]; "1385" [shirt]; "2940 skirt - reg. length - with turnscrew [turnlock]at side instead of toggle"; "3940" [skirt]; "Bonnie Cashin July '71"
Handwritten on drawing: parabola covering for a late day costume / [swatch note:] edge is peat, 6507 (4507) / parabola skirt pattern / [skirt:] peat leather, elastic waist / Bonnie Cashin / Feb '70
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"
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model in a full-length weather-proof coat with a leather-lined collar and clasps. In a couple of prints the model holds a lower panel removed from the coat making it three-quarter length and demonstrating the versatility of the garment. The model wears a skirt with pockets of what looks like the same material as the coat, hood and black high boots.