What kind of swimsuits our grandmothers wore

Modern swimsuits are just two pieces of matter that cover only the most intimate parts of the body. Designers are still exquisite in styles, but this is incomparable with what was in the 40s. Back then, bathing suits were more like works of art.





Draping, relief cut, overhead details are all about swimsuits, not evening dresses. Today's edition. "Site" will make a small excursion into the world of fashion 40-50-ies and show piecework That time.

Previously, women cared more about not tanning, but about looking at the beach no worse than on a walk in the city on a Saturday evening. Creating swimsuits of the past years, designers paid a lot of attention to hide the shortcomings of the figure and help emphasize the merits. And at the same time, they also came up with a spectacular image.





The beach was not just a public place where you can sunbathe and swim, there was a bubbling social life. The ladies were not allowed to face the mud. The swimsuit had to sit perfectly.

In fact, this clothing was in the 40s and 50s. However, the breakthrough in bathing fashion happened a little earlier: in the 20s, when Coco Chanel took over. She proposed a model of full-length swimsuits. They were as long as a short dress to the middle of the thigh.





This was a real innovation, and women appreciated such outfits. This model of swimsuit for many years remained unchanged, although improved in detail every year.





In the 40-50s came the peak of grace of these costumes. Swimsuits looked like elegant miniature costumes on women, which successfully emphasized all the charms of the female figure, while being as modest as possible.





These swimsuits looked madly cute and graceful on women. Over time, the designers added an open back and a deep neckline to the swimsuit model.





Until the 60s, everything was as chaste as possible, and only later began to appear more frank models. Separate swimwear became fashionable.

Then bikinis and even inducing monokinis began to appear, however, this happened much later. Now let’s look at the most elegant versions of one-piece swimsuits of the 40-50s.

Nothing special, but look at this swimsuit. These little elements made bathing suits so elegant.





In this swimsuit and now is not ashamed to appear on the beach. It's most beautiful swimsuits!





Seductive and playful, all the men must have turned around.





It is quite a frank version, as for that time, but it looks very stylish.





The strip is one of the most popular trends of those times.





Elegant, gentle, stylish, and the color is just amazing!





Now fashion has moved far away from the all-round swimsuits of that time, but retro sometimes returns to fashion. Would you trade your modern swimsuit for one of our collections? Tell me in the comments what you think about it.

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