Name's Cat. I'm an L.A. gal who loves everything from classic movie queens to pinups to classic horror. My likes vary a lot. Having said that, I refuse to fit in a box or apologize for being me.

Nancy Berg and model wearing Rose Marie Reid “Hourglass Maillots”, photo by Nina Leen, July 1952

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Bathing Suits

1900s

The Kyoto Costume Institute

Mack Sennett bathing beauties c. 1910’s

1960’s swimwear ad

Mack Sennett bathing beauties c. 1910s

Young women arrested on a Chicago bathing beach for wearing “lewd” bathing suits, 1922

Beach Fashions 1950 by Nina Leen

Beach Fashions by Nina Leen 1950

Jantzen swimsuit ad 1947

1950’s Jantzen swimsuit ad

Vintage Jantzen swimsuit ad 1955

Jantzen Swimsuit ad 1941. Illustrated by Vargas

Miss America Contestants, Atlantic City 1951