Bonnie Cashin Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design 1913-2000

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Bonnie Cashin Collection of Fashion, Theater and Film Costume Design 1913-2000

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The collection contains Bonnie Cashin's personal archive documenting her design career. The collection includes Cashin's design illustrations, writings on design, contractual paperwork, photographs of her clothing designs, and press materials including press releases and editorial coverage of her work. Personal photographs and letters to Cashin are also included.

318 boxes (159.0 linear ft.); 4 garment racks.

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6662309

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Cashin, Bonnie

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Bonnie Cashin was born September 28, 1908 in Fresno, Calif. In her teens she worked as a fashion illustrator and dance costume designer for Los Angeles dance troupe, Fanchon and Marco. She briefly studied drawing at the Chouinard School of Art in Los Angeles. In 1933 she moved to New York to design costumes for the Roxyette danceline at the Roxy Theater. In 1933, and again in 1935, Cashin studied drawing at the Art Students' League. From 1937 until 1942, she designed for the coat and suit manufa...