Bathing Suits:

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Bathing Suits

• A small look at the history of the Itsy Bitsy
  Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

By Mary Amerson
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The first bathing suits were more like the
dresses of todays times. This picture was taken
between the years of 1890-1901.
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This picture was taken around the time of the 19
teens, the women are still completely fully
dressed when going to the beach.
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In the past, bathing suits were full coverage and
showed little skin. This is a Jantzen Swimsuit
Companys advertisement that was featured in
Vogue in June of 1921.
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Bathing suits such as these were made of wool.
These stylish suits were worn in the 1930s.
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By the 1940s women were beginning to show a a
little more skin than in the past. Carole
Landis poses here for her picture in Movie
Stars Parade in October of 1943.
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Here are two sisters in matching bathing
suits At Coney Island, in New York. This
picture was taken in 1967.
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Bathing suits in the 1970s went more for
geometrical shapes in their suits. Often their
patterns were also similar to the clothes of the
times.
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In the 80s some bathing suits were modeled
off of a popular movie series, James Bond. What
woman wouldnt want to look like a Bonds girl?
this particular bathing suit style includes a
belt on the bottoms and a belt enclosure for the
top.
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In the 1990s womens bathing suits began to
come in an array of styles, whether it was a two
piece in a different style called the Tankini
or a simple one piece with different
shapes within the bathing suit the swim suits of
the 90s began to take a more modest approach.
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Now in the year 2004, it seems that less is more
and women are Showing more skin than ever.
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Images Reference List

• Slide 1 Detroit Publishing Company (1890-1901).
  In the surf at Old Orchard, ME. reproduction
  number LC-D4-12469 DLC Retrieved on June 19,
  2004 from http//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?d
  etr6./temp/ammem_sMUG
• Slide 2 Rhodes, Harry (1910-1930). Two women in
  suits at lake. reproduction number Rh-1730
  Retrieved on June 11, 2004 from
  http//photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00186730Rh-1
  730
• Slide 3 Jantzen Swimming Suits advertisement
  (1921). Costume Collection Archives. Retrieved
  from Vogue, June 15, 1921, pg. 17.
• Slide 4 Hemlock Vintage Clothing (1930s). Essley
  with her friend in a wool bathing suit. Retrieved
  on June 21, 2004 from http//www.hemlockvintage.c
  om/gallery3.html
• Slide 5 Another one of those Carole Landis
  bathing suits (1943). Retrieved from Movie Stars
  Parade, October 1943, Retrieved on June 25, 2004
  from http//www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/cl/clpix0_
  Bathi.htm
• Slide 6 Arbis, Diane (1967). Two sisters wearing
  the same bathing suit at Coney Island, New York.
  Retrieved on June 28, 2004.
• Slide 7 1970s bathing suit model. Retrieved on
  June 30, 2004 from http//www.azcentral.com/php-b
  in/slideshowx.php?refererazcentralssid592numsl
  ides30languageenslide_nbr18
• Slide 8 1980s bathing suit. Retrieved on June
  29, 2004 from http//www.azcentral.com/php-bin/sl
  ideshowx.php?refererazcentralssid592numslides
  30languageenslide_nbr18
• Slide 9 1990s bathing suit model. Retrieved on
  June 15, 2004 from http//www.parmelonline.com/pm
  _1.htm
• Slide 10 Victorias Secret bathing suit.
  Retrieved on June 11, 2004 from
  http//www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/applicati
  on/prodDisplay/?namespaceproductDisplayoriginon
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