Contest Entry: Cole Swimsuits, 1948

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

Bonus: From LIFE Magazine, a very detailed pictorial history of the swimsuit to 1945.

Comments

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

There must be some sort of adhesive involved, because I have no idea how that thing is going to stay on when you go into the water.

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

I was thinking wire or metal. But judging by the number of such designs around today, it may not have worked very well.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

i've got a couple of hats that will stay on in a high wind...they're bent like that and have metal inside them. i'm thinking a plastic-dipped spring steel support inside the top.

think of how a headband is made... then imagine it made of steel, made slightly smaller than the ribcage it's designed to go around, and padded slightly on the inside. there ya go. :)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I was wondering the same thing. I get the feeling that it's one of those suits that isn't supposed to go into the water.

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

No weird tan lines there. lol