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Bonnie Cashin as Revealed by Author and Archivist Stephanie Lake Bonnie Cashin started her own label at the age of 43, but the California-born designer doctored her birth year as time went by. By Rosemary Feitelberg on April 14, 2016 Cashin Bonnie Cashin’s lasting influence on American sportswear is evident from one season to the next, and Stephanie Lake’s new book will...

BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS: BONNIE CASHIN: CHIC IS WHERE YOU FIND IT December 13, 2016nenasnotes When I first read about Stephanie Lake’s association with Bonnie Cashin and that she was writing a book I was ecstatic!  I couldn’t believe that no one had written anything about this innovative creator other that very brief mentions in anthologies of designers.  I believe the article...

11.15.16 CASHIN FASHION EYES ON DESIGN | SUSAN BRUNSTRUM Photo of Bonnie Cashin Courtesy of TheGlobeandMail.com  If you had to name the “mother of American sportswear” who would it be? Are you stumped? It’s Bonnie Cashin, who started her career as a Hollywood costume designer and became one of the most influential and least-known fashion mavens in the industry. Who...

FASHION-LIFESTYLE REFLECTIONS PROFILE: STEPHANIE LAKE December 12, 2016nenasnotes I UNDERSTAND THAT NONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS APPEARED IN THE ORIGINAL POST….LET’S TRY AGAIN!  MY APOLOGIES!!!! When I started my blog I had prepped by doing many interviews with friends and acquaintances and found them to be very revealing. In sharing them I hope you have enjoyed the “conversations” over the past...

Stephanie Lake has traveled the world and has the jewels to prove it. The Minnetonka designer’s global accumulation of baubles breathes new life into unusual — sometimes sinister — custom creations. From antique earrings rescued from the Hopkins Antique Mall, to precious gemstones gathered in Istanbul, Lake combines pieces from across the centuries for a timeless aesthetic. Lake is a...

What sets her apart: Dr. Stephanie Lake has the distinction of being only the fifth person in the world to hold a PhD in decorative arts, material culture, and design history. She is also the world’s foremost Bonnie Cashin scholar and caretaker of the Bonnie Cashin archive . She was extremely close with the late, great, iconic designer and penned a book, “Bonnie...

  Dr. Stephanie Lake became close friends with the legendary fashion designer Bonnie Cashin, who is known as “the mother of American sportswear.” Stephanie wrote her dissertation on Cashin’s legacy, and, along the way, they formed a close friendship. When Cashin died in 2000, Stephanie ended up with her entire fashion archive, as well as many of her personal belongings. Stephanie...

  By Rosemary Feitelberg on September 21, 2017      Bonnie Cashin's 1976 poncho design and one from Raf Simons' Calvin Klein spring 2018 collection. As the owner of the Bonnie Cashin Archives, Stephanie Lake decided long ago that she wasn’t going to be “policing” copycats. That decision was made despite years of being “sad, frustrated and angered” from seeing Cashin’s work knocked off...