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" We Live as We Please "

" We Live as We Please ". “ I didn't want to be boxed in by any one company or any one design problem. I thought I'd let my mind run freely. I wanted to design everything a woman puts on her body. I felt that designing for the entire body was like an artist's composition. ”.

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" We Live as We Please "

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  1. "We Live as We Please"

  2. “I didn't want to be boxed in by any one company or any one design problem. I thought I'd let my mind run freely. I wanted to design everything a woman puts on her body. I felt that designing for the entire body was like an artist's composition.” • Bonnie’s earliest influence was her mother • Handed her scrap fabric to create her own designs. • The photo above is Bonnie wearing a dress designed by herself and sewn by her mother (Eunice, CA 1927)

  3. By 1942 became a costume designer for Twentieth Century-Fox. • From 1943-1949 designed female character costumes for more than sixty films. Some Notable Films Bonnie Designed for: • Laura (1944) • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) • Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

  4. Playsuit: cotton Playsuit: silk, wool & leather 1943 1947

  5. 1973 Wool & Leather 1951 Beachwear, wool & plant fiber 1962 Wool & Leather 1962

  6. 1962 Bonnie Cashin’s design for Philip Sills & Co. • 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley • Blanket wrap made of Scottish mohair • and leather bindings

  7. Wool & Leather For Henri Bendel 1958 Dress: leather & suede 1943 “The Tweed Toga” Wool 1967

  8. Suit: wool & Leather By Philip Sills & Co. 1971 1968 Jumpsuit: wool & leather By Philip Sills & Co. Suit: wool & leather By Philip Sills & Co. 1970

  9. 1953 Bonnie’s leather wedding dress

  10. Her military design work related experience • Designs widely inspired by travels to Japan • Equestrian style hardware • Layered clothing, lightweight & easy to pack • For the independent woman on the go • Collected folk-art, artifacts & overseas clothing • Brass hardware, detachable straps & bright colors • Sportswear and outerwear • Costume, film & theatre

  11. http://www.my-fashionbank.com/articles/article27.html http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ca-Fi/Cashin-Bonnie.html http://20thcenturydesignersfinalproject.weebly.com/bonnie-cashin.html http://bonniecashin.org/2011/03/27/slideshow-rtw-1938-1943/ http://birdsofoh.blogspot.com/2010/05/bonnie-cashin.html http://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/cashin-bonnie/ http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/BioBrochures/Cashinfund.pdf http://www.pinterest.com/callender/bonnie-cashin/ http://blog.caseybrowndesigns.com/2010/08/fashion-in-film-laura/

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