suit, 2-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1966
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Sills and Company
label: designer
content: Cashin, Bonnie
label: purchased at
content: Saks Fifth Avenue
label: maker
content: Sills
label: maker
content: Cashin, Bonnie
notes: label: Description
content: Olive, navy, red, brown and sage herringbone twill; JACKET - rolled collar; 4 brass dome buttons for center front opening; long set-in sleeves; 2 button turned-up cuffs; fitted shape; front slanted hip ockets with turned down flaps; lined in gold taffeta; SKIRT - straight; waistband and left side seam zipper copening; pleats at center front and center back at lower edge; yellow taffeta lining
label: Description
content: Label text: sills / a Bonnie Cashin Design
label: Description
content: Marketed as country-"sporting" suit with "riding jacket" shape and sold at Saks Fifth Avenue for $255. Donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth was a buyer for Lord & Taylor and was involved in Lord & Taylor's American Look program of the 1930s to 60s. American Look was developed to promote American designers and Booth wore many Bonnie Cashin designs. Her father-in-law's business, Hillandale Handweavers, also supplied handwoven fabric to Bonnie Cashin. Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: used in
content: United States: Connecticut
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Suit, 2-piece
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Suit
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: jacket center back: 24 in; 60.96 cm
label: Measurements
content: skirt center back: 23 in; 58.42 cm