Bonnie Cashin

  • Bonnie Cashin,  Eleni Epstein,  fashion,  journalism history

    Bonnie Cashin and Eleni Epstein

    I just ordered some letters between groundbreaking designed Bonnie Cashin and Penney-Missouri Award winner and Washington Star fashion editor Eleni Epstein. Bonnie’s papers are in the Special Collections at UCLA. I discovered the letters after a second review of the finding aid. Eleni’s maiden name is misspelled in the aid. At some point I hope to go through Bonnie’s papers. Bonnie was a designer for Coach purses. The company issued a special edition of Bonnie purses a few years ago. I just won the above bag on eBay – I am curious about her role as a design leader post-World War II. I am curious about the relationship between Bonnie…

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