From the flickr page:
"I was reading a recent thread on the fabulous art deco blog site about the bikini a Bolles girl was wearing. I guess the conventional history is that bikinis first appeared in the 1940s. But take a look at these Bolles covers, all done in the 1930s except the Film Fun at the bottom. Could Bolles have popularized, if not invented the bikini?"
Friday, November 09, 2007
Did Enoch Bolles invent the bikini?
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yes I have to agree with you, I think they were probably invented before the 1940's. Perhaps stars like Marilyn Monroe glamourised them in the war time period but it looks like they were certainly around before then. I must say, without sounding grubby that it's nice to see the bodies on the magazines with a bit more flesh than what's shown nowadays, even if the pictures are just illustrations.
Oh, I didn't write that, that's from the flickr page where I found the image.
Yes, it's not a matter of wanting to see nothing but "realistic" women in fashion -- these vintage pin-ups are also an idealization, and that's what fashion is about, projecting an ideal, not doing a documentary. But it would be nice to see "ideal" women of all shapes and sizes, and not just size 0.
Que legal ! ADOREI !!!
Este ilustrador era super sexy!
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