商品簡介
An exhilarating look at the quintessential American modernist, acclaimed for her “auntiemame” lifestyle, her iconoclastic approach to fashion, and her visionary designs.
A talented artist who happened to become a fashion designer, Cashin was brilliant, free-spirited and unconventional in all that she did. Revered for her intellectual and independent approach to fashion, Cashin changed the way women dressed with her revolutionary, forward-thinking approach to life. She designed chic, functional clothing for the modern woman “on the go” —for women like herself who loved to travel and lived life to the fullest. The most successful independent fashion designer of her day, Cashin worked outside of the fashion industry, yet is arguably the most influential designer of our time, revered in the fashion world and a muse for designers working today.
Cashin is credited with many fashion “firsts,” including introducing the concept of layering and championing such timeless shapes such as ponchos, tunics, and kimonos. She is acclaimed for inventing the “it-bag,” with her classic handbag designs for Coach in the early 1960s.
Brimming with a half-century of creative work, Bonnie Cashin celebrates the designer’s incredible, well-traveled life and her revolutionary designs with an unflinching, happy elegance.
作者簡介
Stephanie Lake holds a PhD from Bard Graduate Center, where she wrote her dissertation on Cashin. She maintains Cashin’s personal archive and has curated Cashin retrospectives around the globe. A jewelry designer, Lake’s work has been featured in Vogue, WWD, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and the New York Times. Jonathan Adleris a potter, designer, and home decorative arts guru.
