1960s Bonnie Cashin Wool Woven Plaid Asymmetrical Jacket and Skirt Set Mod Coach Pink Red Brown Designer Sportswear / Sills / Size Small

This jacket and skirt set is iconic and wearable art, a wonderful example of Bonnie Cashin and Sills sportswear designs, playful, sophisticated, and timeless. Made of a wool woven in a plaid pattern of pink, red, and brown and the jacket and skirt are trimmed in brown leather and brass buttons. Asymmetrical design jacket, long sleeves, flap pockets that enter from the sides, empire waist cut a-line silhouette, and unlined. The matching skirt is lined and fitted waist and hips and a-line silhouette, side zipper and button. (The skirt has 1.5" selvedge on the seams (both sides) if you wanted to extend the size of the skirt with a seamstress). In beautiful vintage condition, no flaws to note, dry clean only and ready to wear.

Measurements
Estimated modern women's size Small

Jacket: Small 4/6
Shoulder to Shoulder 15"
Shoulder to Sleeve Cuff 21"
Bust 36"
Waist 34"
Hips 44"
Length 33"

Skirt: Extra Small 0/2
Waist 24"
Hips 34"
Length 21"
Skirt Sweep Across 22"

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Bonnie Cashin was one of the most innovative designers America ever produced. She was among the first designers to create and popularize what was a uniquely American approach to clothing—sportswear. One of a handful of women to make significant and lasting contributions to American fashion design, Cashin’s collaboration with Sills was when she had her greatest impact and when her signature style solidified. They pioneered the use of leather in high fashion clothing, and Cashin introduced the concept of layering clothing as well as brass hardware for garment closures. She later used the signature hardware when designing Coach handbags. Cashin won three Coty American Fashion Critics’ Awards for design, two of them while working with Sills. - Costume & Textiles Department The Ohio State University