Swimwear Collection

Woman police officer Annie Matthews, Hyde Park, London
Woman police officer Annie Matthews (nickname Big Ben), on duty at the childrens lido in Hyde Park, London. Before joining the Met Police, Annie worked as a housemaid at Glamis Castle in Scotland

Young woman with blindfold balancing on diving board

Jazz orchestra by the pool on board the Mauretania
A jazz orchestra entertains passengers by the pool on board the ocean liner, the Mauretania, just one of the many amusements available. Date: 1931

Miss UK contestants at the sauna baths, Kensington High Street. 13th July 1971

Actress Gail Grainger, who plays Shirley Hughes in the play "The Man Most Likely to
Actress Gail Grainger, who plays Shirley Hughes in the play " The Man Most Likely to..." at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

1940s style Navy pin-up girl posing with a vintage Corsair aircraft
Beautiful 1940s style Navy pin-up girl posing with a vintage Corsair aircraft

18 year old Karen Kerr wearing a patchwork bikini made by the Womens Institute. 29th May 1970

Lionel Blair has just acquired a new house in Bushey, Hertfordshire, costing him around £ 40, 000. This house has a swimming pool

Soho Fair and Carnival started to-day with a record entry in the the Carnival procession and the waiters race. (Picture shows) Carnival procession driving through the streets. 11th July 1960

Lesleys Fuel is Brand X. Motorists who buy petrol at pretty Lesley Fers pump get an unusual extra - a high octane kiss to zoom them on their way

Beach Party
A group of surfers on a beach with a Ford Mustang car

Veet advertisement, 1926
Advertisement for Veet hair removal cream from 1926 - don t let disfiguring growths of superfluous hair destroy your charm and daintiness any longer

The Mountbattens at Monte Carlo
Lord and Lady Louis Mountbatten pictured with their elder daughter Patricia at Monte Carlo heading it appears from their swimwear, to the beach. Date: 1931

The Beach At Cannes
Sunbathers on a deck in front of the beach outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France in August 1948. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

1917 Bathing Suit Fashion
Hollywood, California: c. 1917. Silent screen actress and Mack Sennett Comedy beauty Vera Stedman poses in the latest beach wear

Audi Quattro Germany

Girl in a Red Dress, Seated by a Swimming Pool, 1936 (oil on board)
657183 Girl in a Red Dress, Seated by a Swimming Pool, 1936 (oil on board) by Lavery, John (1856-1941); 24x20in cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in a Red Dress, Seated by a Swimming Pool)

Joyce Lewis, aged 25 years, Isle of Man Beach Beauty. June 1955

Marianao Bathing Beach, Havana, Cuba, c1910. [Edicion. Jordi]

The Bystander - Surf riders front cover
Front cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration by C. Rebel Stanton of three girls in red bathing costumes surf riding - a sort of combined forerunner of surfing and water skiing. Date: 1929

Aquaplaning
15th September 1925: One of the most difficult aquaplane stunts, water-surfing upside down, performed by Mr Brooks, at Lake Tahoe, California, where the sport is very popular

Young Women On A Sailboat
c. 1935 A group of young women wave as they enjoy the breeze on the bow of a sailboat

Flappers (litho)
7148641 Flappers (litho) by Heilemann, Ernst (1870-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flappers. Illustration from Die Berliner Pflanze (Albert Langen, Munich)

Spandau Ballet, music group, have been in the Bahamas for the last two weeks, recording their next album (True), and taking whatever time allows, to relax and enjoy the local surroundings

Channel Swimmers: Little and Large, people who attempt to swim the English Channel come in all sizes. August 1957 A497-002

The Water Nymph by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl paddling in the sea. Date: 1933

Young man wearing bathing trunks, leaning against a concrete wall

Postcard of Smiling Woman on Beach in Florida. ca. 1924, A Sunny Smile from Florida

Postcard of a Woman Photographing the Ocean. ca. 1921, 147 A Snapshot on the Beach, Atlantic City, N. J
Postcard of a Woman Photographing the Ocean. ca. 1921, 147 A Snapshot on the Beach, Atlantic City, N.J. Published by Saltzburgs Merchandise Co. Atlantic City, N.J

Postcard of a Sunbather at the Beach. ca. 1922, Taking a sun bath

1969 Miss UK contestants. 18th August 1972

Four stages of swimmer performing rapid turn

Diana, Princess of Wales on holiday in St Tropez in the South of France as the guest of Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed. The Princess, wearing a leopard print one piece swimsuit

Miss UK runner up and Penthouse pet Helen Caunt, aged 20. 15th July 1971

Model and horror film actress Madeline Smith poses in the studio. 25th March 1971. Maddy Smith

The winner Miss Australia, Belinda Green. December 1972 72-11295-005

A girl on a Vespa motor scooter. 1952

Liz Fraser, English actress, pictured at Durnsford Road Baths, Bounds Green, London Borough of Haringey, North London, Thursday 20th August 1959

Valli Kemp, Australian actress and model, photocall to promote the start of the 1972 Summer Olympics, pictured in the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, Sunday 27th August 1972

Katya Wyeth, German actress and model, pictured 25th August 1972

Jennie Beckwith, model wearing a Mazurka, a cotton voile bikini, designed by Triumph, Wednesday 30th August 1972

Vicki Michelle, British actress, relaxes in her garden with a cold drink, Epping, Essex, Friday 25th August 1972

Slade (Don Powell, Dave Hill, Jim Lea and Noddy Holder) go for a swim at The Serpentine in Hyde Park, London. 26th June 1974

Miss World at Utopia Nightclub, Reading, Berkshire. 12th August 1994

Katrina Duck (left) and Michelle Howley, two of the girls who are entering a beauty contest at the Madison nightclub, to mark the four day visit of Middlesbroughs adopted ship, HMS Jupiter

These girls have taken their first steps in a bid to become Miss Madison 1987. The trio, from the first heat held in Newcastle, go forward to the area final next month

Harry Ibbotson of Fermain Bay in Guernsey on his paddle boat with his two Alsatian dogs. 10th August 1953

Bathing Beauty Competition, Daily Mirror Blackpool Week 1963, judged by singer Matt Monroe & Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, August 1963

A female cricket fan in a bikini causes a stir as she walks through the crowd at Lords during a test match against Australia. 3rd August 1975

Henry Cooper British boxer June 1975 wearing old fashioned swimming suit to promote the 100th anniversary of the first cross channel swim

Glamour Model Jordan aka Katie Price Circa 1995 - before all the cosmetic surgery

Sylvia Syms Actress on a boat at sea May 1959

Jilly Johnson Glamour Model September 1975 Wearing a bikini

Melinda Messenger at Littlewoods November 1997 mail order catalogue Spring Summer 1998 launch at the rainforest cafe

Model and horror film actress Madeline Smith poses in the studio wearing a bikini. 25th March 1971. Maddy Smith

British singer and actor Gary Miller with beauty queens left to right: Gail Sheridan. winner June Cooper and Doreen Nicholson after the competition at Clacton On Sea. 26th June 1958

Fashion shoot for models wearing swimsuits. They are left to right: Delia Smith, Hilda Dabby, Caroline Murphy (seated front), Janine Lovey and Gioia Cecil Bull February 1962

Lulu in the Swim: Fun and games were had by all when lovely LULU paraded herself in bikini and Edwardian swim wear on the beach at Bournemouth

Model wearing a bikini as she poses on a beach in Africa April 1975

Model wearing a see through top with bikini bottoms as she poses on a beach in Africa April 1975

Miss UK and World 1974, Helen Morgan poses in the studio. 24th November 1974

Three women modelling the latest in bikini fashions July 1970 70-6839-006
Three women modelling the latest in bikini fashions.. July 1970 70-6839-006

Fashion - Beachwear. Its here! The Tarzan and Jane look. As the sexiest Jane ever, Bo Derek has the kind of shape men drool over and women envy

Unsinkable swimsuits worn by Jean Marsh and Lillemor Knudson. September 1952 P017653

Model June Cooper poses for pictures with a backdrop designed as the surface of the moon, wearing a bikini. November 1969 Z11043-007

Girls in bikinis enjoying the hot summer at Ryton open-air swimming pool, Coventry. 28th August 1967

Clothing Beach. July 1976 P017917

Model June Cooper poses for pictures with a backdrop designed as the surface of the moon, wearing a bikini. November 1969 Z11043-006

Vicki Michelle left the world of showbiz to take over a boutique but soon returned a little later to make a television commercial

Old Fashioned swim suit. So this is what grandma used to look like on the beach in Edwardian times. Trying out the swimsuits is Yvette Carroll, 18 from London who travelled north to Scarborough

Blond Blonde Woman Young Pink Bikini Sitting On Beach Lean Surf Board
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Blond Blonde Woman Young Pink Bikini Sitting On Beach Lean Surf Board

Retro Family In Backyard, Showing An In-Ground Swimming Pool, Father, Mother, Son
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1960s: Retro Family In Backyard, Showing An In-Ground Swimming Pool, Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, Man, Woman, Boy, Girl

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel

Men & Women In Bathing Suits In Front Of 1938 Ford Wood Body Station Wagon Automobile At Seashore Talking
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Men & Women In Bathing Suits In Front Of 1938 Ford Wood Body Station Wagon Automobile At Seashore Talking

Group of Female Bathers at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Date: circa 1909

South America, Brazil, Bahia, a black Brazilian model in a bikini woman walks along a beach on Itaparica island in the Baia de Todos os Santos MR

After the swim
EMELIEmaria

After the swim
EMELIEmaria

Doctor, U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctor, U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps, between c1910 and c1915. U.S. Volunteer Life-Saving Corps. The doctor's commitment to service during that era is commendable

Eva Morrison, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Eva Morrison, between c1910 and c1915

Coney Isl'd Swimming Carnival, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Coney Isl'd Swimming Carnival, between c1910 and c1915

J.G. Smith, Lily Smith, Walter Brickett, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.G. Smith, Lily Smith, Walter Brickett, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Walter Brickett (on right) British Olympic Swimming coach in 1908 and 1912

Fountains, Madison Sq. Park on hot day, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fountains, Madison Sq. Park on hot day, between c1910 and c1915

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"Swimwear through the Decades: A Captivating Journey into Fashion and Fun" Step back in time to July 13th, 1971, as Miss UK contestants sizzle at the sauna baths on Kensington High Street. These confident ladies showcase their stunning swimwear choices, setting trends for generations to come. On board the luxurious Mauretania, a jazz orchestra serenades poolside guests in their stylish swimwear. The harmonious melodies blend with the vibrant colors of swimsuits, creating an atmosphere of pure relaxation and elegance. Intrigue fills the air as a young woman fearlessly balances on a diving board blindfolded. Her poised stance captures both grace and bravery, leaving spectators in awe of her daring act. The sun-kissed shores come alive with excitement during a lively Beach Party. Laughter echoes along sandy beaches as friends gather wearing fashionable swimwear that reflects their unique personalities. Rewind to June 1955 when Joyce Lewis from Isle of Man was crowned Beach Beauty. Her radiant smile illuminates the coastline as she confidently struts her stuff in timeless swimwear that exudes classic charm. Transporting us further back in time is a captivating image of a Navy pin-up girl posing alongside a vintage Corsair aircraft during the 1940s. Her flirtatious gaze and alluring swimsuit embody an era defined by strength and femininity. Fast forward to modern times where even Audi Quattro Germany joins the swimwear scene. Their sleek design seamlessly merges high-performance cars with fashion-forward beach attire, making waves wherever they go. Soho Fair and Carnival kick off with record-breaking participation in its colorful procession. Revelers don eye-catching swimwear creations while celebrating community spirit amidst joyous festivities filled with music, dance, and laughter. Actress Gail Grainger captivates audiences not only on stage but also by showcasing Shirley Hughes' impeccable style from "The Man Most Likely to.