This article claims that Annette Kellerman was groundbreaking in making more practical swimwear acceptable… and did you know that shorts for women were invented in the 1930s?
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1924 Girl in a Swimsuit and Skirt Fashions
This just proves that babes in swimsuits have long been used to advertise products for men. In this 1924 advertisement for neck ties, a photograph of a girl in a swimsuit is surrounded by illustrations of mens neckwear, for Frank & Meyer Neckwear Co., 1130 Washington Ave. The second advertisement is the Hirshfield Skirt Company [...]
1935 Wool Bathing Suits, Women’s Sportswear, and Mens’ Underwear…
At the end of the massive 1935 shoe section, there’s these two pages which include a miscellany of men’s summer suits, summer shoes, mens underwear (with a chest supporter that zips on??)… and the next page of women’s sportswear, pajamas, sandals, shorts with matching jersey tops, and wool swim suits. Interesting and overlooked details to [...]
1940s Swimming Pictures
I can imagine this World War 2 era couple having a nice week or two of bliss together, perhaps they got married while he was on leave, and taking a break to go swimming in the hot summer weather of wherever they were at. Maybe it was July when these pictures were taken in 1944!
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