a cat among the pigeons: 1930's swimming suit

Thursday, 1 August 2013

30's swimming in colour (with a little bit of late 20's thrown in for good measure)

1930's bathing suit at the Metropolitan Museum New York

via Velvet & Linen blog

1928 bathing suit via fuzzylizzie.com/swimsuits -
- on this website you will also find a great article on vintage swimwear

1929 bathing suit via fuzzylizzie.com/swimsuits - I love this one!!!

1932 wool swimsuit with adjustable ties via fuzzylizzie.com/swimsuits

1936 swimsuit made of a lastex/wool mix for a better fit via fuzzylizzie.com/swimsuits

Jantzen suit

1936 bathing suits at the Metropolitan Museum NY

red wool bathing suit by B. Altman & Co., 1932. via yeoldefashion tumblr

1933 bathing suit, via retroknittingcompany

via Sonne nach Wunsch flickr

And below, a pattern you can actually knit via A Stitch in Time vol 1.
This one comes with the perfect body too :)

Monday, 29 July 2013

Water nymph or the knitted bathing suit of the 30's

From sexy back details, fancy stitched eye candy, striped and checkered frolics, cute two-tone combinations and fun colour blocking, to matching accessories and simply ridiculous beret & pompon additions - you name it , the 1930's knitted bathing suit will have it.

They also have their detractors, and I have heard them categorized as deeply unflattering, lacking the necessary support for the womanly attributes, and of course the wool content is frowned upon nowadays for being itchy and to do with concerns of how it behaves in water.

Whilst these are all valid points, in my book there's simply no hotter swimwear and there's no itch as itchy as the urge of owning a bathing suit such as the beautiful examples in these patterns.