A couple of summers ago I went on a vintage bathing suit hunt and came up with a few possible winners. Unfortunately it turned out that each had issues. One had weird bra cup thingies that looked lumpy no matter what I did to them, one had lost all of its elasticity and sagged in all the wrong places, one was super itchy. Needless to say none of them ever saw the beach. I gave up and decided I would just have to buy a new bathing suit. My hunt for a cute, demure one piece left me empty handed. I finally settled for a 70's style one piece from AA. I wore it exactly one time to a party at the pool on top of The Standard hotel in LA. Let's just say those types of parties aren't exactly for swimming. They are mostly for lounging around and looking cute in a bikini. Not really my thing. And let's also say that the AA bathing suit isn't really built for getting wet and holding everything in place and leave it at that.Imagine my delite when I was browsing through Urban Outfitters site and came across an entire collection of vintage style one pieces. My favorite has to be the navy and red sailor inspired one but they have solids, florals, polka dots and even gingham. Super cute!
Some of them are very pin-up.I love the black one!
ReplyDeletewow, I just posted that cute sailor suit on My blog too! :) Love the vintage look! :)
ReplyDeleteooo amazing! yay UO!
ReplyDeleteOh I've been eying these as well! I love the top middle blue one.
ReplyDeleteahhh yes i loveee the uo swimsuits this year.
ReplyDeletethe gingham and the polka dot one is def very cute!
ReplyDeleteI love these suits. I am definitely saving up money for a suit from Urban Outfitters, I've been coveting my future suit for over a month...
ReplyDeletemy favourite is that black piece with white polkadots. it's amazing!
ReplyDeleteUO has some really fantastic swim wear but because most of the ones I want only sell online, I can't buy.
ReplyDeleteoooh thank you fot this post...i've been looking for swimsuits like these ;) i can't wait for an excuse to buy one and ofcourse a cut-out swimsuit too.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I like the purple one. Cute!
ReplyDeletei was literally just on urban's website looking at these!! i'v been looking for a retro sytled bathing suit for a while too
ReplyDeleteGreat swimsuits. Love the white one with black polka dots, perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love the red ruched one, and then the purple one
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem with the vintage swimsuits at first (those damn bra cups, I ended up cutting them off!)
ReplyDeleteThose are some lovely ones though, especially the blue patterned one
I love those they are so cute!
ReplyDeleteBut me and one piece swimming costumes soo don't get on. I have a long body and they go all trampoliney in the small of my back
FYI, Wal-Mart, of all places actually carries a couple of adorable vintage style suits. For 30 bucks.
ReplyDeletevery fun and flattering.
ReplyDeletei have a new bikini, which is in kind of that 50´s style. you can look at it in my blog!
ReplyDeleteLovely bathingsuits!
ReplyDeleteI really need to stop by UO again!
I read this post the other day and loved your picks for swimsuits. Today, I stumbled across this site and the retro style suits made me think of you. I thought I'd share - http://www.popinaswimwear.com/
ReplyDeleteah! I've been looking for retro style less skimpy swimsuits for aaages so thanks for this post!
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