. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. illustrations. Xo drawings, however, were published to show the knitted jersey suit that was described as ". . usually sleeveless, quite short and fairly. straight . ." and ". . intended for the woman who swims ; ^' As late as the early 1920s, the fashion pages of Harper's Bazar and Vogue were concentrated on the bathing suits, aiming at readers in\olved in the social life of the seaside resorts lounging about the beach with occasional splashing in the water. The growing numbers of women who wanted swimming suits
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. illustrations. Xo drawings, however, were published to show the knitted jersey suit that was described as ". . usually sleeveless, quite short and fairly. straight . ." and ". . intended for the woman who swims ; ^' As late as the early 1920s, the fashion pages of Harper's Bazar and Vogue were concentrated on the bathing suits, aiming at readers in\olved in the social life of the seaside resorts lounging about the beach with occasional splashing in the water. The growing numbers of women who wanted swimming suits, however, had only to turn to the advertising sections of these same magazines to find that even in 1915 such shops as Bonwit Teller & Co. and B. AltiTian & Co. were advertising knitted swimming suits. In June 1916, Delineator solved the dilemma of bathing versus swimming costume in an intriguing article written to sell a pattern for a bathing costume. In description and presentation of illustrations, the article emphasized a costume with "all the features essential to a practical ; ^" The blouse and bloomers were attached at the waist in this garment which had a square neckline and no skirt or sleeves. Made up in wool jersey, this would have been a practical swimming costume for the period. But this was not the only style available from this one pattern. The following variations were included: a sailor collar on a "V" neckline; a high-standing collar, long sleeves; and a detachable skirt with the fullness either pleated or gathered into a waistband, to be worn long to the knees or just short enough to show several inches of the bloomer. In this way Delineator succeeded in satisfying nearly every degree of conservatism—an amazing accomplishment. The spring edition of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog for 1916 offered a one-piece, or "California-style," knitted worsted bathing suit with the underpiece sewn to a skirt. This
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