Cashin Passion

"Chic is where you find it" ~ Bonnie Cashin

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Bonnie Cashin with her costume sketches circa mid-1940s.

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Bonnie Cashin circa mid-1940s. Note that the winged angel pin on her scarf resembles Lady Gaga's latest tattoo.

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Bonnie Cashin puts the final touches on a costume she designed for Barbara Lawrence.

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BONNIE CASHIN | Following a career in costume design, Cashin launched her fashion business in the 1950s. Calling her clothing “kinetic art forms for living,” she adapted simple cuts from the history of world clothing to meet the needs of modern women. She advocated playful but subtle exoticism and introduced layered, interlocking garments that could be rearranged to suit the wearer’s taste and activity. Fusing practicality and whimsy, Cashin’s distinctive style and philosophy celebrated independence. The Bonnie Cashin plaque on the Fashion Walk of Fame.

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An upcoming auction of personal items from the estate of Greta Garbo includes this coat designed by Bonnie Cashin. Garbo was a woman of wealth with impeccable taste. Nearly every one of the hundreds of items of clothing listed in the auction catalog was custom made for her; designers include Valentina, Dior, Ferragamo, Emilio Pucci, Gucci, Hermes, Louis Vuitton. She selected well made sports clothes for her world travels and active but reclusive lifestyle. However, one day Miss Garbo walked into Lord & Taylor and purchased this Cashin coat off the rack because its beauty and practicality was irresistible.

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world".

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world". Jacket by Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills. Ascher mohair and wool; leather binding. Crimson, black. 8 to 16. About $70.

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world". Imported kidskin coat, Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills. Fawn, black. Lambswool interlining. 8 to 18. About $160.

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world". Split level jacket in tobacco suede with blended wool tweed skirt. Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills 8 to 16. About $90.

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world". Cropped smock-backed coat in kidskin. Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills. 8 to 18. About $115.

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world". Pull-on jacket in blanket mohair, edged in leather. Bonnie Cashin for Philip Sills. S, M, L. About $70.

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Charm magazine's October 1958 issue on The Jet Age featured Bonnie Cashin's "jet propelled fashions to be worn around the world". Here a model poses on the wing of a Boeing jet.

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Here's a favorite print of Bonnie Cashin's in a midriff baring ensemble. Color versions of this dress here.

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The dress modeled by actress Anne Baxter in the 1948 issue of Redbook magazine was sold in 2011 as part of the Brooklyn Museum costume deaccession. The (64 year old) magazine pulp could never do justice to the beauty of the print, we are lucky to see it here in an image from Augusta Auctions. more details here

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Good Clothes Never Go Out of Style, Redbook magazine August 1948.

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Good Clothes Never Go Out of Style, Redbook magazine August 1948. Bonnie Cashin, famous Hollywood designer, gives you tips on fashions that are timeless.

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Good Clothes Never Go Out of Style, Redbook magazine August 1948. Actresses Olivia de Havilland, Dororthy McGuire and Barbara Lawrence in clothes designed by Bonnie Cashin.