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Text of press release: EXCLUSIVE TO YOU IN YOUR CITYA ballet-length coat that reflects Bonnie Cashin’s design philosophy calling for relaxed naturalness with a dash of imagination and invention:created for the modern activated woman who considers good design as adjunct to living with a certain joy and vitality.Made by Philip Sills & Company of imported, spongy, tactile tweed, an exclusive design in rich singing colors of blue pheasant overplaid on dove-white, with pheasant leather bindings. Unlined, the insides are designed as carefully as the outside, each seam piped with pheasant leather. Shoestring thong of the same leather can be worn high for an Empire effect, or at the waist.The classic Bonnie Cashin bloomer dress is given a fresh impetus. Constructed out of supple double knit jersey, the elasticized legs permit for adjustable length changes. In pheasant blue with spaghetti-thin thong thatalso ties either at the waist or high for the Empire effect. Bloomer dress available in a wide assortment of colors.No. 14.720 - Coat - Sizes extra-small; small and medium. Approx. $275.00. No. 2835 - Bloomer dress - Sizes 6 to 114. - Approx. $135.00.Available in your city."
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