It is swimsuit season and I'm sooo ready mentally, if not physically. I want to lay by the ocean for hours and just drift away thinking about nothing but the waves and the wind.
Even though I don't really swim, so the suits I own look nearly new, I still pour over new bathing suits every year.
I try to satisfy my buying urge by poking around the swimsuit aisle in thrift stores looking for vintage suits. I found a Cheryl Tiegs one piece(she had a line with Sears in the early 80's) that is 2 sizes too big, but I'm thinking about using it as a bodysuit, so you won't see the saggy bum. I like how Res Pulchrae used her Thom Maier suit as top, so I'm going to play around with it.
I also found the Swimwear in Vogue magazine while thrifting, and it has great photographs by the likes of Arthur Elgort, Irving Penn and David Bailey.
Images created by Moodboard from Swimwear in Vogue. Photography: Franco(1968) and Jeanloup Sieff(1969)
