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1940s Cole of California advert
Another beautiful Cole of California advert from the 1940s. I don’t know why more people don’t wear high-waisted bikinis, if this one is anything to go by they look fabulous! This ad was shown in The...
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A cherry-print 1950s bikini (and a very strange hat)
A cheerful cherry-print 1950s bikini modelled by Shirley Deas from Florida, 1955. I’m not sure what to make of that strange hat though? Have you ever seen a hat like that before?! Source and...
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How to bend down in a bikini
Sarasota Sun-Debs from 1949 learning how to elegantly pick things up off the floor at Lido Beach, Florida. Which one of these two are doing it correctly? I’m guessing it’s the girl who’s got her knees...
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1960s bikini models running on the beach
Some very pretty 1960s bikini models running on the beach in Pensacola, Florida (1969). Aren’t they gorgeous? Source and copyright: No known copyright restrictions
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Giant seahorses and 1940s bikinis
Young ladies in 1940s bikinis overlooked by some giant seahorses at the municipal casino: Lido Beach, Florida. c. 1945. Don’t they look elegant? (the girls and the seahorses) Source and copyright: No...
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The Very Best Vintage Swimwear
The sun is shining gloriously here for the first time in, well, what feels like months! Am I too early to start thinking about sunshine and swimwear? We’re at that longest point of winter where we all...
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A gorgeous 1960s bikini
Isn’t this a pretty bikini? I’m reveling in the weekend of sunshine we seem to be having (has the British summer finally arrived I wonder…?) so I thought photos of girls in sunshine and bikinis would...
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1950s Swimwear Shoot: the Elegant and the Experimental…
We tend to think of 1950s swimwear as being the height of style and sophistication, and some of it WAS beautiful, but as you can tell by these photos some of the more experimental items of beachwear...
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1950s Wet Proof Paper Bikini..?
Er, I can’t claim to tell you much about these photos except that they were labelled ‘wet proof paper’ 1953. I have to assume that the bikini and beachwear are made from ‘wet proof paper’. Why, or...
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1940s Fads: Indoor Sunbathing
The 1940s was a time when no one gave much thought to sunscreen and you could happily chain-smoke cigarettes and drink cocktails while you tanned, without so much as a thought to the health...
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