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Bonnie Cashin

Bonnie Cashin. 1908-2000 (career: 1925-1985) A Presentation By Isela Peralta. Early Years. Born in Fresno September 28, 1915 Mother was Dressmaker Father was Photographer/Inventor. “ Roxyettes ”. " Mother of American Sportswear." . Loose-Fitting Casual Designs

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Bonnie Cashin

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  1. Bonnie Cashin 1908-2000 (career: 1925-1985) A Presentation By Isela Peralta

  2. Early Years Born in Fresno September 28, 1915 Mother was Dressmaker Father was Photographer/Inventor

  3. “Roxyettes”

  4. "Mother of American Sportswear." • Loose-Fitting • Casual Designs • “Articulate the Body” • Several Layers • Grommets • Ponchos • Built-In Purses • “Dog-Leashes”

  5. 1970-1974

  6. Grommets

  7. Dog-Leashes • Fall 1964 • Turquoise suede and blue, turquoise, and green striped wool mohair • Kept at Metropolitan Museum of Art

  8. Built-In Purse • 1954 • Just the skirt • Black-and-white houndstoothcheck wool • Kept at Metropolitan Museum of Art(a gift from Bonnie Cashin herself)

  9. Ponchos

  10. ''We Live as We Please”  1960's New old stock Bonnie Cashin Jumpsuit in wool striped jersey

  11. “Nine-Layer day”

  12. Unusual Fabrics • Mohair • Suede • Leather • Tweed • Jersey • Wool

  13. Spring Items

  14. ''You've got to know when to let go'' • Women Civilian Defense Uniforms • 1937-1943 Adler&Adler • 1943 Hollywood Costumes(Claudia (1943), Laura (1944), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), Anna and the King of Siam (1946), I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947), The Snake Pit (1948), and Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)) • 1950 Bonnie Cashin Designs • 1953 Designs for Sills • 1962 Designs for Coach • 1970 “The Knittery” • 1985 Retired

  15. At the Time… • The End of WWII • Introduction of Dior’s “New Look” • International relations reestablished • High Fashion lives in Europe • 1950 President Harry Truman • 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower • 1954 Racial Segregation is unconstitutional • 1955 Rosa Park • Explorer I goes into orbit

  16. More Grommets

  17. Sources Websites • http://www.bonniecashinfoundation.org • http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ca-Fi/Cashin-Bonnie.html • http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-01-07-01-bonnie-cashin-b-1915-design-for-living.html?src=pm • http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/05/nyregion/bonnie-cashin-who-helped-introduce-sportswear-to-americans-is-dead-at-84.html?src=pm • http://www.my-fashionbank.com/articles/article27.html • http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/bonnie-cashin/ • http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswear The Book • Colquhoun, Keith; Wroe, Ann. Economist Book of Obituaries. 2008, p56-57. Images From • http://www.bonniecashinfoundation.org/d_archive.cfm • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_cashinbonnie.htm • http://www.fgi.org/index.php?news=3095 • http://xtabayvintage.blogspot.com search: Bonnie Cashin • http://library.artstor.org

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