By Jahna Peloquin
Star Tribune
June 2, 2016
Clad in a flowing maxi-dress, sheer cardigan, bejeweled necklace (of her own design) and towering platform heels, Stephanie Lake positively glides through her Minnetonka home — despite the fact that her two excitable pug dogs and 2-year-old daughter, Odette, are constantly underfoot. With the recent publishing of her Rizzoli book "Bonnie Cashin: Chic Is Where You Find It," the house is bustling with more activity than ever.
The book, the first to be written about the highly influential American fashion designer, is an intimate, comprehensive overview featuring never-before-seen images from Cashin's personal collection and a foreword by designer Jonathan Adler. Glowing reviews from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the New York Journal of Books have followed.
Little known outside of fashion circles, Cashin was the original designer behind Coach's women's accessories, defining the brand's style and sensibility. But she was much more. Women's Wear Daily noted her "lasting influence on American sportswear," while i-D magazine has called her "one of fashion's greatest inventors and iconoclasts."