Sketch of 2 women wearing Winter coats, both knee length and with full skirts. One is plaid with possibly a Mandarin collar, and the other has fur around the neck. Both are tied at the waist. This the cut-out of an advertisement, and the copy reads, Those wonderful new Fall Bonnie Cashin tweeds, leathers and suedes are here.! It also contains the information that the store is open until 8 on Friday evenings (multiple typos in this text) and the address of the store at 9215 Old Petersburg Rd. in Evansville, Ind. Bonnie Cashin (September 28, ca. 1908� February 3, 2000) was an American designer and is considered one of the pioneering designers of American sportswear. She created practical, uncomplicated clothing that catered to the independent woman of the post-war era. . Cashin is often cited creating both the concept of layering clothing and for coining the term. The idea of layering came from time she spent in Asia. Her use of leather, mohair and hardware was pioneering and the brass turnlocks that kept the top of her 1940s convertible down became a signature feature of Coach handbags.