Swimwear Collection (page 2)

Beach fashions, 1938
A variety of beach fashions for 1938 worn by smart society in the smartest holiday resorts. Top left is Miss Jeannette Fuqua at Biarritz in a two-piece

Gibson - different styles in bathing suits - 1900s
Illustration by Charles Dana Gibson showing different styles in bathing suits circa 1907. Date: circa 1907

Womens swimwear 1909
Woman wearing a daring swimming costume for the time, with criss-cross ties to the sides. 1909

Fashionable bathing costume 1911
Woman wearing a soft emerald-green satin decorated with white braid, available from Debenham and Freebody s. Date: 1911

Harold Whitey Packman, deep sea diver, Santa Catalina, USA
Harold Whitey Packman, deep sea diver, Santa Catalina Island, USA, Date: circa 1926

Women paddling in the sea 1906
" Is it fun having the men to teach you to swimming?" " Fun! Why, rather! I ve been taught five times". Date: 1906

Two women bathing in the sea, Normandy, France
Two women (probably mother and daughter) bathing in the sea, Riva Bella, Normandy, France, August 1921. Date: 1921

SWIMWEAR / BELGIUM 1913
Bathing beauties in polka dot headscarves and clinging one- piece bathing costumes take a stroll in the sea. One costume has side lacing on the legs & a deep V -neck. 1913

JANTZEN SWIMWEAR 1930
Two athletic blondes in their Jantzen bathers. A green tank costume with matching cape & a belted costume in 2 shades of blue. Date: 1929

Smart bathing dress 1912
Woman wearing a smart swim dress in white with yoke collar, French buttons, cloak and also a (bicorne) Napoleon silk hat. Date: 1912

Woman runs from waves
A young woman in a clinging red tank style one-piece swimsuit with a ruffle edged collar & a beret style bathing cap encounters a large wave. Alarmed, she runs for her life Date: 1926

PEARL OF PLAGE 1926
A young lady in a matching hat & one-piece bathing costume in a bold geometric print with plunging v-neck & tassel trim is watched by a host of admirers from a jetty. Date: 1926

OBEYING THE LAW
A law-abiding American bather, seeing a notice warning that one-piece bathing suits must not be worn, dutifully takes hers off... Date: 1924

WOOLLEN SWIMWEAR 1940
Bikini composed of brassiere top & short-style briefs are made of closely woven navy wool edged in Hyacynth. Slotted sash waistband and zip pockets add interest. Date: 1940

40S AUSSIE BEACH BABE
A skirtless bathing costume composed of a transparent blue lace or net lined with a flesh-coloured jersey. Lightweight, its guaranteed not to hamper the swimmer. Date: 1940

Provocative Swimwear
An angry Paris mob attack swimwear models wearing the latest revealing fashions. Date: 1932

Woman makes a big splash
Woman in her bathing suit making a big splash. Date: 1909

SWIMWEAR 1929
Girls wearing the latest beachwear Date: 1929

A young woman fishes from the pier at Aberdovey (Aberdyfi)
A young woman fishing from the pier at Aberdovey (Aberdyfi), on the estuary of the River Dovey in Gwynedd, north Wales. She wears a sparkling bikini and black socks and shoes Date: 2019

Family on holiday in Spain - playing on a sandy beach. Date: circa 1950s

Two stylish Swimwear models posing with a beach ball
Two stylish French Swimwear models posing with a beach ball and showing off their likely highly-scandalous attire to its best advantage. Date: 1910s

Young woman on the beach in leopardprint two-piece swimsuit
Young woman on the beach in stylised leopardprint two-piece swimsuit - exact resort location unknown. Date: circa 1950s

Jolly Seaside Theatrical Troupe pose on a flatbed truck
Jolly Seaside Theatrical Troupe pose in costume on a flatbed truck Date: circa 1920s

1950s Bathing Lovelies posing on a set of steps (leading to a high diving board?) - possibly at a Holiday Camp? Date: circa 1950s

Pin-up girl on postcard in lime green nautical bikini
Nautical but nice! A Pin-up girl on postcard in lime green nautical bikini. Her lower half lifts up (ooh er...) to reveal " Greeting from Juan les Pins"... Date: circa 1930s

Bansin, Germany, Three British women on holiday on the beach
Usedom Isle Ostseebad, Baltic Sea Coast - Bansin, Germany, Three British women (Ethel, Ca and Fiona) on holiday on the beach in a variety of elegant swimwear with parasols

Stylish French Fashion model in swimwear and pink headscarf Date: circa 1920s

Two little black children on the beach - fish in a jam jar
The Catch of the Season. Two little black children on the beach holding a fish in a jam jar. Date: circa 1905

1940s - Lay poses in back garden in new beachwear
Entitled " The Body" - this photo shows a British Housewife in her back garden modelling her latest summer beach outfit - July, 1949. Date: 1949

Beauty contest lineup for Miss County of Cornwall
Beauty contest lineup in swimsuits for Miss County of Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo, water skiing
Woman water skiing off the Point de la Vieille at Monte Carlo beach on the French Riviera. Part of a series of illustrations by Fortunino Matania done in the Bystander to publicise the resort

Mr Dale Bourne & Mrs Beryl Mills at Monte Carlo Beach
Mrs Beryl Mills in a yellow bathing suit and Mr Dale Bourne, golfer pictured by the Monte Carlo pool. They were both guests of Lady Hindlips house part at Cap Ferrat. Date: 1932

The Cult of Nudity - sunbathing fashions, 1930s
Page from The Sphere reporting on the growing vogue for sunbathing fashions, particularly backless swimsuits - a style that began at the fashionable French resorts of the Riviera

Two boys playing in a pool on a sandy beach. Date: circa 1960s

Bikini by Nelbarden
Model strikes a pose in a hunter green with pink trim Bri-nylon bikini by Nelbarden Date: 1966

1960s swimwear
Model on the left wears a matelot blue stretch Enkalon, hip-pocketed and stitched in white with cutaway sides. On the right a bold black and white Helanca bib-top

Eight Florida girls in Bikinis on the beach
Wish you were here in Florida with us ! Eight Floridian girls in brihtly-coloured Bikinis on the beach. Date: circa 1940s

Family of five with picnic on beach
A suntanned family of five enjoying a picnic on the beach. Date: circa 1970s

Advert for Lillywhites summer sports clothing 1930
Fashions for all summer sports, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly. 1930

Catalina, California, USA - Everett Adargo, deep sea diver
Catalina, California, USA - Everett Bernard Adargo (1891-1971), deep sea diver, who set a record of descending to 56ft in 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Model sunbathing in a white bikini
Model sunbathing in a garden in a white bikini. circa 1957

On a Strip of Shore by Fougasse
A couple, wrapped in gowns and beach towels, look around them aghast at the beach at the (presumably) scantily clad people. Eventually they themselves strip down to the bare minimum. Date: 1931

1930s beach wear
1930s woman wearing one piece swimming costume, ribbon tied around the head and white shoes

Three children holding hands, paddling in the sea. Date: circa 1960s

Come on and join me! - girl flies off a diving board
Come on and join me! - curvy girl in tight red swimsuit flies off the diving board! Date: circa 1930

Young woman in a blue bikini, West Country
Young woman in a blue bikini, standing in the surf, West Country. Date: circa 1980s

Young woman in pink swimsuit by swimming pool
Young woman in a pink swimsuit, lying on a diving board by a swimming pool. Date: circa 1980s

Children in swimwear 1909
Five children at various ages, posing for the camera in St Malo in France. 1909

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