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Jumpsuit

Designer Bonnie Cashin American
Manufacturer Philip Sills & Co. American
fall/winter 1967–68
Not on view
These are long-johns. A jersey jumpsuit, as boldly striped as the outfit of a convict on a chain gang, features every device of designer sportswear. Snaps replace what might otherwise be the buttons denounced by anthropologist Bernard Rudofsky and others as archaic; the waist is tied closed and could well have been accompanied by a worker's leather skirt or apron; and even the drop seat of the union suit is honored in this apparel that thinks of every convenience. Cashin prized the vernacular and rendered it as style.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jumpsuit
  • Designer: Bonnie Cashin (American, Oakland, California 1908–2000 New York)
  • Manufacturer: Philip Sills & Co. (American, founded 1946)
  • Date: fall/winter 1967–68
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: wool, leather
  • Credit Line: Gift of Helen and Philip Sills Collection of Bonnie Cashin Clothes, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.431.73
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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