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Bonnie Cashin|Philip Sills & Co.

spring/summer 1962 · (a,b) wool, leather; (c) wool · Costume Institute

Cashin adapted the Noh coat to serve as what was increasingly called in the 1950s and 1960s a "suburban coat" through her use of rich wool material and of a short length that is suitable for getting in and out of cars. A simple tying at the bust with fullness just below allowed one coat to serve countless women, just as one automobile model in the 1950s and 1960s was expected to win innumerable hearts commensurate with mass-production and the American abundance of the era.

Artist

Bonnie Cashin|Philip Sills & Co.

Date

spring/summer 1962

Medium

(a,b) wool, leather; (c) wool

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Helen and Philip Sills Collection of Bonnie Cashin Clothes, 1979