Hello once again! In this post I will be
sharing with you a sewing passion of mine, Swimwear “Bathing suit”. I love to design
and make swimwear. I made swimwear for customers, friend and family especially
for my two sisters. I had the opportunity to get back into sewing swimwear for
2014 carnival for a couple of ladies who wanted Monokinis for carnival Monday. Of
course that trigger my love once more.
Sizing
for swimwear can be tricky, so I resort to custom making swimwear for women of
different sizes. At the end they are satisfied and I feel fulfilled doing one
of my favourite thing
I will
share with you the history of swimwear and then I will go into the different
style for your body type I hope this excites you as much as it excites me.
Swimwear
“Bathsuit” The History.
I hope it not surprising to
you that the fashion history of swimwear was principally from dresses and the
outfits worn in the 18th Century which was very modest, their body was almost totally covered because it was considered improper to skin.
18th Century:
"This 1797 Gallery of Fashion print shows
two ladies protected by face-shading bonnets, shawls and glove "
Regency Era:
Fashionable
Sea-Side Walking Dress
La Belle Assemblee Fashions, Sept 1810 |
"A gown of
white French cambric, or pale pink muslin, with long sleeves, and antique
cuffs of thin white muslin worn over trowsers of white French cambric, which
are trimmed the same as the bottom of the dress. A figured short scarf of
pale buff, with deep pale-green border, and rich silk tassels; with gloves of
pale buff kid; and sandals of pale yellow, or white Morocco, complete this
truly simple but becoming dress."
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Mid-19th Century:
“In the mid-19th century bathing dresses covered most of the female figure. These garments were highlighted in Godey’s Lady’s Book in 1864. the long bloomers exhibit the influence of Amelia Bloomer’s innovative ideas for women’s clothing. The ”turkish” pants and “paletot” dresses are made from a heavy flannel fabric which would surely weigh down the swimmer”.
1890s`:
1900:
“Swimsuit retains
modesty but was free enough to allow the young lady to engage in swimming was
obvious.
1910:
“By 1910 bathing suits no longer camouflaged the contours of
the female body. The yards of fabric used in Victorian bathing skirts and
bloomers were reduced to show a little more of the figure and to allow for
exposure to the sun.”
1915:
“Up until the first decades of the 20th century, the only activity for
women in the ocean involved jumping through the waves while holding on to a rope attached to an off-shore bouy. By 1915, women athletes started to share
the actual sport of swimming with men and thus began to reduce the amount of
heavy fabric used in their billowing swimsuits”
1920s:
“By the early 1920s women’s
bathing suits were reduced to a one
piece garment with a long top that covered shorts. Though matching stockings
were still worn, vintage swimwear began to shrink and more and more flesh was
exposed from the bottom of the trunks to the tops of the stockings. By the mid-1920s
Vogue magazine was telling its readers that “the newest thing for the
sea is a jersey bathing suit as near a maillot as the unwritten law will permit
Hmmm! what a long way we have come. Some of the swimwear of today is by no means modest. but i must say they did inspire a lot other garments we wear under our clothing today. STAY BLOGGED ON FOR MORE....
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