bonnie cashin 1908-2000 (career: 1925-1985) a presentation by isela peralta
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Bonnie Cashin1908-2000(career: 1925-1985)
A Presentation
ByIsela
Peralta
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Early Years• Born in
FresnoSeptember 28,
1915
• Mother was Dressmaker
• Father was Photographer/Inventor
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“Roxyettes”
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"Mother of American Sportswear."
• Loose-Fitting• Casual Designs• “Articulate the Body”• Several Layers• Grommets • Ponchos• Built-In Purses• “Dog-Leashes”
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1970-1974
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Grommets
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Dog-Leashes
• Fall 1964• Turquoise suede
and blue, turquoise, and green striped wool mohair
• Kept at Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Built-In Purse
• 1954• Just the skirt• Black-and-white
houndstooth check wool
• Kept at Metropolitan Museum of Art(a gift from Bonnie Cashin herself)
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Ponchos
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''We Live as We Please”
1960's New old stock Bonnie Cashin Jumpsuit in wool striped jersey
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“Nine-Layer day”
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Unusual Fabrics
• Mohair• Suede• Leather• Tweed• Jersey• Wool
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Spring Items
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''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
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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
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More Grommets
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SourcesWebsites• 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