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
Handwritten on drawing: 1366 / angelic for spring - a sweet little smock - a sweet little check - tweedy sheer / yoke & sleeves silk lined / Bonnie Cashin '66
Sketch of a wide, unlined tweed coat with raglan sleeves, band collar extending into the placket down the front, bordered in leather and stitched in white.
Handwritten on drawing: firm Irish tweed for a gad about suit with a scarf collared jersey underneath / skirt 977 / 3947 (2941) / overblouse like slip neck & col[...] of 897
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYHall of Fame and three-time Coty Award winner, Bonnie Cashin, refers toher Noh suit as the easiest, most uncontrived sort of contemporary coveringeasy wrapping, happy on the wing thing.The woolsey-tweedsey fabric woven to Bonnie’s specification is a cross-fertilization of mohair and wool, plaided in deep rich subtle color tones, suchas olive, oriole and dove, banded and belted with olive suede.Worn over a close-fitting, funnel-necked sweater for early Fall, and later under a big mantle or another Noh-cut coat, this concept becomes the versatile, timeless good look of today, and carries out Bonnie’s time-honored views on layering.From Sills & Company.No. 3Oii.l/3Oli.7 - Sizes 6 to 114. - $230.00Bonnie Cashin sweaters from The KnitteryBonnie Cashin gloves from CrescendoeAVAIL!BLE IN YOUR CITY."
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYHandsome and bolder blanket plaids are perennial Bonnie Cashin signatures. This great coat, roomy enough to fit comfortably over any amount of winter layingerings, is colored in brilliant yellow, black and red, in a soft, thick British tweed. Lined in jersey and touched with leather, belted, with hardware enclosures, it’s one of those non-obsolete, un-conmon coats which work for busy modern lives.Made by Philip Sills & Company.No. 4617 - Coat - Approx. $290.00.Available in your city."
Mannequin wearing a tan and white tweed cape and skirt designed by Cashin for Sills and Co.; photographed with yellow cashmere sweater, hat and handbag.
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: "The individuals for whom Bonnie Cashin likes to design are those who reach out for the colors, the textures, the bloom of natural things. And who likes to wear clothes that go everywhere with ease and comfort.Her new “bubbly’t topped suit is suitable for city-country-travel-anywhere. Theimported tapestry tweed jacket has elasticized waist and sleeves to be worn any whichway. The stand-up collar and the tracings are oak colored suede (a lovely warm, woodsy brown).The A-line suede skirt is also oak-colored.Thrtleneck sweater from Bonnie Cashin’s Knittery.Gloves - Crescendoe by Bonnie Cashin.AVAILABLE IN YOUR CITY.From Sills & Company.No. 3107 - No. 3106 -Jacket - Sizes 6 to 16 - $160.00. Skirt - Sizes 6 to 16 - $130.00."
1 phototgraph of three models with heading: MATH CHIC AND BONNIE CASHIN'S OATMEAL SHETLAND PONCHO. Three separate outfits feature a poncho or tabard with collar, deep pockets and small gilt buttons. Other items include a cashmere cowl-neck sweater, a lambswool dirndle on a yoke of ribs, straight stacked-heel leather boots, leather luggage belt or a brown cashmere muffler. Other garments teamed are acheck tweed and khaki leather zipped blouson and khaki leather breeches with buckled sides, cashmere gloves and tall leather crepe-soled boots.Caption at head of photo reads Chosen by Vogue.
Mannequin wearing a tan and white tweed cape and skirt designed by Cashin for Sills and Co.; photographed with yellow cashmere sweater, hat and handbag.
Sketch of a model wearing a short tweed jacket and vest with a plaid, pleated wool skirt. it can be worn with a silk shirt or as is with a hankie twist at the neck.
Sketch of a figure wearing a big coat with contrasting fabric accents and with what appears to be an attached scarf. Includes a small detail of the side pocket. The figure is also wearing large framed eyeglasses and is carrying a large tote.
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYBonnie Cashin believes in honest individualism, and that good contemporary design should relate to a contemporary life style.For after-five leisure hours long clothes with a casual air are the thing in today’s tempo. The long cape of imported wool tweed heralds spring in singing colors reminiscent of a covy of quail: rich reddish buff, marked with brown, black and white, traced with leather. Also available in blue and green tones.For the individual whose taste prefers non-clutter and non-dressy fabrics even for P.M. wear, Bonnie recommends for those special occasions this simple dove-white long jersey skirt and its deep, deep slit and unobtrusive Indian pocket. Leather thongs wrap round and round the waist, and match the leather tracings of the neckline of the tuck-in blouse.Bonnie Cashin designs by Philip Sills & Company.No. 2089 - Hooded cape fling .... Approx. $250.00.No. 2840/2841 - Skirt and Blouse. Sizes 6 to 16 ... Approx. $145.OO.Available in your city."
Text of press release : "From the Philip Sills Spring Collection by Bonnie Cashin this tacky tattersall jacket with it’s sporty leather pipping tops Bonnie’s supple long-striding skirt and jersey tank top.of matching jersey.SIZE: 8 — 16 STUE NO: Jarket #871Skirt #7753 Blouse #1867 PRICE: $260"
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYA flingable, swingable poncho which you throw on for all kinds of mild weather duty, year round and world round.A Bonnie Cashin design for Philip Sills & Company, this exclusivelydesigned imported wool tweed mantle is signatured with pheasant blue leather bindings, and emphatic long tweeded fringing.The matching pants are lined with silk with the same pheasant leatherserving as waist band.The hooded jersey blouse is also a Bonnie Cashin design for Philip Sills & Company.A dashing note is the cavalier gauntlet gloves, another Cashin design for Crescendoe.No. 281.2 - Poncho. Approx. $170.00.No. 2833 - Pants - Approx. $90.00. Sizes 6 to Th-.Available in your city."
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing a matching waist-length jacket and skirt in a tweed-like material. Both the skirt, which has pockets, and the jacket, which has no collar, are trimmed with a leather-like material. Under the jacket, the model wears a white hooded blouse. She also wears square-framed sunglasses, high boots, light colored gloves with heavy stitching, and a shoulder bag.
Tweed coat with one button above the slender leather belt tied at the waist, and dolman sleeves folded back at the cuff. The tweed fabric has a dot patter on a grid. The outfit is completed with gloves and a fur hat.
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing slacks and a cape in a matching tweed material. Both are trimmed in leather-like piping. Tha cape has a big collar and is cut to expose the left arm. She wears a dark long-sleeved, hooded jersey, gloves with metal turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners, a shoulder bag with a flap closure and carries a walking stick.
Handwritten on drawing: big wrappy tweedy coat unlined / keep corner square [at collar] / facing in front & sleeve / pleat in back / [swatch note:] #3005, peat / Bonnie Cashin / Jan '72
Skirted striped tweed suit. On the jacket leather is used for the band collar, cuffs, welt pockets, placket, side slit and hem edging. The stripes are vertical on the jacket and horizontal on the short a-line skirt.
Text of press release: "A‘FOREVER' KIND OF EASY-GOING COAT, WITH THE LOOSE LINES IDEAL TO WEAR OVER SWEATERS AND TWEEDS. A POINT IS THE WIDE OPEN NECK, RIMMED WITH PURE LINEN, HAND-KNITStyle Number: 1219Approximate retail price: $iOOOOSize Range: Small, Medium, largePlease Credit: A BONNIE CASHIN DESIGN FOR PHILIP SILLS"
Handwritten on drawing: spongy boucle tweed in a feminine fuchu coat --- I can wear it with a matching skirt and jersey camisole or it looks wonderful over a lilac jersey dress / Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: layers -- layers! 1st - a skinny bodied jersey with a funnel neck / 2nd - a big swingy ropey tweed skirt / 3rd - a neat suede vest / 4th - a smooth narrow shouldered 3/4 coat - cut to flare out over the exuberant skirt -- wear each piece separately too / coat 4167 - skirt 7752 - vest 7754 - dress 3104 / Bonnie Cashin
Sketch of a figure wearing a full length, button down, belted coat with front placket pockets. Includes two fabric swatches, one brown solid and one brown tweed.
Text of press release: "EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYA suit to be suitable in with the indubitable Bonnie Cashin touches, for Philip Sills & Company.A handwoveny-tweedy French wool fabric in an imaginative pattern of singing bird colors in which mauvy tones predominate. Fringed tweed accents the collar as well as the pockets of the unlined jacket, all of which is outlined in harmonizing leather.The skirt has a front kick-pleat for enthusiastic walkers, while a leather bound band hugs the hips.The soft leathery carry-all bag is also a Bonnie Cashin design for Coach Leatherware.No. .4820/4821 - Suit - Sizes 6 to 14 aprox. $245.00Available in your city."
Text of press release: "Bonnie Cashin’s “suitable suits” travel beautifully at home and abroad. In this multi-tweed wool, framed with pheasant colored leather, created for Philip Sills and Company, the Cashin philosophy is underscored that clothes should provide a kind of joy in the wearing.The ballet-length skirt is swingable and wide, for an exuberant walk in town or country. The lowered waist-band of the skirt is of pheasant leather with a discreet brass hook that serves as a buckle, with the same leather band outlining the hem.The crepe-lined jacket has an elasticized band that hugsthe waist, with a skinny leather belt that ties in a generous bow.As a companion accessory to the suit, Bonnie Cashin suggestsa jersey hooded blouse, which is available in a variety of colorsspecially dyed.Sizes: 6 to 14# 2793/2794 — $225.00* 4718 — $45.00"
Text of press release: "Color -- crunchy and crisp for fall 1967 in a robin red arid nelon basketweave tweed jacket, hardware closed, It tops a robin red jersey jumpsuit. By Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills.Jumpsuit #31489 at $90.00Jacket #60-92 at $135.00Adolfo HatCapezio Boots dyed to matchFrom: Phillip Sills, 148 West 37th Street, NYC"
Text of press release: "EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYBonnie Cashin loves ponchos, mantles, togas, capes and any piece of beautiful fabric thrown over the shoulders. This is a full bold circle of a ropey wonderfully textured Scotch plaid. She hoods it like a monk, and flings it over another hood, which is the close fitting one of the jersey shirt underneath. It’s all worn over matching tweed trews, but a skirt is available also.All Bonnie Cashin designs for Sills Company.No. 5501 - Circular Cape - Fits any size - $240.00.No. 7423 - Pants - Sizes 6 to 14 - $315.00.AVAILABLE IN YOUR CITY"
Contact sheet with 12 prints of a model wearing slacks and a cape in a matching tweed material. Both are trimmed in leather-like piping. The cape has a hig collar and is cut to expose the left arm. She wears a dark long-sleeved, hooded jersey, gloves with metal turnlock [turnscrew] fasteners, a shoulder bag with a flap closure and carries a walking stick.
Text of press release : "Here, a nubbliest, most luxurious poncho designed for particular people who would rather wrap than wear their coats. This one, smartly styled in Scotch_imported checked tweed, has a rolled collar and fastens once at the neck to keep the big, carry_everything pocket in the front where it should be. Underneath goes the slim, leather belted jersey tube-dress. Its neckline has a scoop front, V back and is detail-bound in leather. The Poncho, Black and Brown twed in one wrap-around size. Style #3470 about $90. 00 retail. Dress in Black jersey, 8 to 16 sizes. Style #716 about $55. 00 retail.EDITOR THIS PHOTO IS EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITY."
Text of press release "Bonnie Cashin’s seasonless layered concept that is wearable, travel—able and packable, triple components, produced by Sills & Company.The sleeveless shell coat in buttery suede is lined with a silk and wool p pouri tweed in a graphic design from the Cashin palette of color tones. It is worn over the matching dress/coat, traced with suede and has an elongated suede belt to wind about the waist Grecian— godess style. This versatile design can be worn as a dress by itself, or as a coat over, perhaps, a hooded jersey sheath with long, skinny sleeves.No. 77L14 — Sleeveless shell coat — Xsmall, small, medium — $265.No. 3967 — Dress/Coat — Sizes 6 to lL — $225.No. 3093 — Hooded Jersey dress — Sizes 6 to l4 — $120.AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA."
Unlined plaid poncho with turnlock fasteners and band collar with matching knee-length skirt. The collar, waist band and edges have leather binding. Worn with a hooded jersey top, turtleneck sweater and boots.
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE-IN -YOUR-CITYSports Illustrated Design Awards, 1963(Designer of the Year Bonnie Cashin)A Bonnie Cashin look for early spring is this maharaja-inspired tunic suit otpale beige Scottish tweed edged in leather. Her large leather beret accents the lean but softened lines. (Bonnie Cashin for Sills & Co., suit about $160. Tam about $15.)FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MkY 1st, AND THEREAFTERPhoto: Neal Barr"
Handwritten on drawing: narrow shouldered -- shaped toward the hem - almost full length -- traced round with leather / wear it over a jersey / 4166 / Bonnie Cashin
Handwritten on drawing: all f[...] shape / heavy handwove tweed edted in suede -- as clean inside as out -- no lining / similar #1074 / Bonnie Cashin / Feb. 1964
Handwritten on drawing: country formalities call for a special way to dress --- this - a milkmaid skirt of tweed - topped with suede / Bonnie Cashin / March 1963
Handwritten on drawing: marvelous bold tweed calmed down in a narrow shouldered young coat -- edged in leather - lined in jersey / 9497 (7497) / collar of 3029 / Bonnie Cashin
Sketch of model wearing tweed mini-coat with a hood, an empire waist, and with suede used for the collar, cuffs and welt pockets. Swatch of red tweed affixed.
Sketch of a figure wearing a two piece ensemble consisting of a boatneck top and a pencil skirt. Includes a swatch of tan colored knit fabric and of a tan tweed fabric.
Sketch of a coordinated outfit including a mohair tweed skirt and matching travel robe, and a suede shirt/jacket that has a mohair collar and has buttons all the way down.
Sketch of a figure wearing a cape with a leather collar and leather across the shoulders, front and back. Inset detail sketch of the back of the cape The figure is also wearing a broad-brimmed hat. Includes a swatch of tan tweed fabric.
Text of press release:"EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYSwing into fashion in a swirl of tweed. Award-winning designer has designed for Philip Sills Company a full-circled cape out Irish tweed. A wee, stand-up black leather collar is tied with thin strips of leather that also trace the contour of the cape.The wool jersey bloomer dress is another Cashin signature. The bloomers behave like a full skirt, and can be worn at different the leg. Pocketed and belted it replaces the classic sheath.No.3501 - Cape$190.00No. 2611 - Bloomer dress 100.00No. 470 - Leather Belt 22.00Bonnie Cashin of imported spaghettielasticizedlengths onAvailable in your city"
Text of press release : "One of the conpatible plussos of Bonnie Cashin’s fall collection for Philip Sills is the use of tweed with leathers that give value or changeability. A brass buttoned, double breasted jacket has an ascot tie that matches a slim tweed skirt.#188 Around $110.00 R/T Please credit Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills From Donna Cannon"
Text of press release: "One of the compatible plussos of Bonnie Cashin’s fall collection for Philip Sills is the use of tweed with leathers that give valuo or changeability. A brass buttoned, double breasted jacket has anscot tie that matches a slim tweed skirt#188 Around $110.00R/T. Please credit Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills.
Text of press release : "Impeccably tailored in heaviest, Irish-imported tweed, this cape is designed to go any place in the world where the weather is wild and wintery. Matching leather is bound around the collar and all other obvious edges. Under the cape goes the slim, leather trimmed and belted, go-everywhere, do- everything jersey shirt dress. Green Tea and White Irish Tweed cape, Green-Tea jersey dress. The cape, in one size that fits practically everyone. Style #1499 about $110. 00 retail. The dress, 8 to 16 sizes. Style #7Z0 about $55. 00 retail.EDITOR THIS PHOTO IS EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITY"