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JULY 1, 2016 · 4:53 PM Currently Reading: Bonnie Cashin: Chic Is Where You Find It. This newly released book on the life and work of designer Bonnie Cashin was a very long time in coming.  Writer Stephanie Lake got to know Cashin in the late 1990s while doing research in Cashin’s archive.  Their friendship led to discussions about a book,...

Showing:PEOPLEALLPLACESPROCESSARCHIVESCONCEPTS Fashionably Furnished Inspired by mid-century modernism, designer Bonnie Cashin brought a similar sense of purpose to the fashion world. An iconoclast who defined herself as both a modernist and an artist, Bonnie Cashin (ca. 1908-2000) became one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful American fashion designers of the twentieth century. Today, Cashin’s influence is unavoidable. Terms and concepts...

Bonnie Cashin: Chic is Where You Find It     "Bonnie Cashin" | Source: Rizzoli   More modest in every way is “Bonnie Cashin: Chic is Where you Find It,” (Rizzoli). Never the less, this is an important and overdue portrait of a visionary whose ground-breaking approach to American fashion makes her the earth mother to virtually every New York...

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  Characters Bonnie Cashin: Chic is where you find it Bonnie Cashin, the self-made fashion designer was best known for her work with Coach in the 1960’s. Cashin introduced a whole new world to the modern woman: ponchos, kimonos, tunics and more. She was creative, original and an innovator. Her oeuvre extended beyond the studio and into the home. Here,...

A rare peek into a very special fashion collection How an influential New York designer's archive landed here in Minnesota.  By Jahna Peloquin Special to the Star Tribune JUNE 2, 2016 — 10:51AM GALLERY GRID Prev 1/22 Next JEFF WHEELER – STAR TRIBUNE Gallery: Stephanie Lake in her home office Thursday afternoon. She's holding the book she just wrote, Bonnie...

FASHION & STYLE The Forgotten Designer Behind Some of Fashion’s Biggest Trends By CHRISTOPHER PETKANAS MAY 10, 2016 Bonnie Cashin, in 1961, wearing one of her creations: a black-and-white tweed cape with leather trim typical of her designs. CreditBill Aller/The New York Times As the leather goods and apparel company Coach celebrates its 75th anniversary this year with an ad campaign...

NEWS Fashion's Unsung Designers; Bonnie Cashin Jackie Mallon | Friday, May 06 2016 Sometimes shocking, often game-changing, always visionary, certain designers become the name on everyone’s lips for a millisecond. Then they’re gone, no longer part of contemporary conversation, and barely even a footnote in the fashion history tomes that threaten the slender legs of the chicest coffee tables. If...

FASHION Jeremy Lewis 26 April, 2016 bonnie cashin, the most copied fashion designer you’ve never heard of The rebellious founder of Coach is the subject of a new book from Rizzoli, which celebrates her irreverent and endlessly influential approach to American fashion. When Phoebe Philo debuted her new vision for Céline in 2009, her return to fashion was met with...

VINTAGE NEWS | BONNIE CASHIN: CHIC IS WHERE YOU FIND IT Posted on April 19, 2016 Posted by Curate Tweet It | Facebook It | Pin It Bonnie Cashin. (Photos courtesy of the Stephanie Lake Collection)     Stephanie Lake was a graduate student when she first met Bonnie Cashin. Walking into the dynamic designer’s UN Plaza apartment in 1997,...