Bonwit Teller Window Display Featuring Women's Italian Striped Knit Ensemble and Lambretta Motor Scooter [Retail Reporting Copy]

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/ce4c6c51a1c9dab3fe82a6c1fef97fde

Title

Bonwit Teller Window Display Featuring Women's Italian Striped Knit Ensemble and Lambretta Motor Scooter [Retail Reporting Copy]

Creator

Dan Arje

Date

Feb-57

Description

Bonwit Teller window display featuring women's Italian knitwear, and a red Lambretta motor scooter. The mannequin sits on top of the scooter, wearing sporty, red matching striped shirt and pant set, jewelry, and a red scarf tied under the chin. Beside the scooter stands a second mannequin dressed as a motor vehicle technician, wearing a red jumpsuit, wind goggles and holding a cigarette. The walls are painted blue. A banner at the bottom of the display reads "Zooming in from Italy... Bonwit's exciting new Italian knits... Sports Floor the Fifth... Zooming in from Italy... The news making Lambretta... Courtesy of the Innocenti Corp. Lambretta Division."

Subject

Department stores
Show windows

Source

Empire State Digital Network

Relation

http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/admin/media/kellen/images/1/3/0/53711_ca_object_representations_media_13095_small.jpg

Type

image

References

http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/KA0001_000423

Date

Feb-57

Source

Empire State Digital Network

Subject

Department stores
Show windows

Citation

Dan Arje, “Bonwit Teller Window Display Featuring Women's Italian Striped Knit Ensemble and Lambretta Motor Scooter [Retail Reporting Copy],” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed July 9, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/5814.

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