I am applying for a UCLA Research Fellowship in order to go through the extensive papers of the designer Bonnie Cashin. She has often been referred to as one of the “Mothers of American Sportswear.” I would focus on the 1950s and 1960s, her post Broadway and Hollywood years as she designed for middle-class women. As New York Times fashion writer Bernadine Morris wrote in 1968: “Women buy Cashin clothes because they are cozy and comfortable, not because they bowl people over.”

I hope to examine her interaction with fashion journalists at newspapers. I initially came across Cashin’s work with women’s page editor and fashion journalist Eleni Epstein, the longtime fashion reporter at the Washington Star. Using textual analysis, I will identity themes and then examine the media’s messages – focusing specifically on gender roles.

I have gone through the extensive finding guide and have identified numerous files of interest. Examples include “Journalistic Coverage of Bonnie Cashin” which includes 200 folders and the “Press Books and Unbound Clippings” from 1937-1979 in 37 boxes.

The application has been sent and my fingers are crossed.

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I am applying for a UCLA Research Fellowship in order to go through the extensive papers of the designer Bonnie Cashin. She has often been referred to as one of the “Mothers of American Sportswear.” I would focus on the 1950s and 1960s, her post Broadway and Hollywood years as she designed for middle-class women. As New York Times fashion writer Bernadine Morris wrote in 1968: “Women buy Cashin clothes because they are cozy and comfortable, not because they bowl people over.”

I hope to examine her interaction with fashion journalists at newspapers. I initially came across Cashin’s work with women’s page editor and fashion journalist Eleni Epstein, the longtime fashion reporter at the Washington Star. Using textual analysis, I will identity themes and then examine the media’s messages – focusing specifically on gender roles.

I have gone through the extensive finding guide and have identified numerous files of interest. Examples include “Journalistic Coverage of Bonnie Cashin” which includes 200 folders and the “Press Books and Unbound Clippings” from 1937-1979 in 37 boxes.

The application has been sent and my fingers are crossed.

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