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Blast From Swimwear’s Past

Posted by DFO

May 18, 2009 11:36 a.m. • 16 comments

Secelia Garrett-King of Galveston competes before judges during the vintage-inspired swim wear contest at the Galveston Island Beach Revue on the beach in Galveston, Texas, Saturday. Garrett-King won second runner-up in the competition. The Islander By Choice group resurrected the legendary Bathing Beauties Pageant this spring to help raise awareness about the islands recovery from Hurricane Ike and plans to continue it as an annual event. The Galveston beauty contest began in 1920 and was dubbed the “Pageant of Pulchritude” by original promoter C.E. Barfield. The pageants ran from 1920 to 1932 to kick-off the tourist season. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin M. Cox)

Question: Would you prefer that modern bathing suits took a cue from the past and covered a bit more skin?

16 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

toadman on May 18 at 11:56 a.m.
“Would you prefer that modern bathing suits took a cue from the past and covered a bit more skin?”

Not sure about the covering more skin bit.. but I do fine the designs more alluring, since many of them look like corsets and sexy underwear instead of bathing suits.
marmitetoasty on May 18 at 12:16 p.m.
Throwing a bucket of cold water over Toadie….

x
toadman on May 18 at 12:30 p.m.
….ah… that’s better.
Bent on May 18 at 12:58 p.m.
Nothing wrong with those suits at all… ever consider posting a slideshow, DFO? This could be the opportune thread to experiment with… just sayin’
JeanieSpokane on May 18 at 1:04 p.m.
The older I get, the more I look at whole body suits. Really. I mean, there’s just so many wrinkles a guy can look at before he just simply doesn’t look anymore. I think it is more alluring to let them guess. It’s just uncomfortable wearing my thermal underwear when it’s 90 degrees out.
Lynne on May 18 at 1:27 p.m.
The majority of us could definitely show less skin.

Whatever happened to thong man? Is he still around?
spokelooneh on May 18 at 1:30 p.m.
The suit is cute, but that hairdo is awesome!
DFO on May 18 at 1:36 p.m.
>Nothing wrong with those suits at all… ever consider posting a slideshow, DFO? — Bent,<

DFO: AP had only one other vintage bathing suit shot — of a man in a handlebar mustache. Otherwise, it might be good to link to bathing suits from the good old days. Too many people who shouldn’t show too much nowadays.
Cindy_H on May 18 at 1:55 p.m.
“Too many people who shouldn’t show too much nowadays.”

The best place to see this illustrated is at Silverwood’s water park. Oh, Lord. No other place has so much flesh hanging out that should be tucked in. Somewhere.
On the other hand, you have to admire the courage of a 300 pound woman in a bikini.
Escapee on May 18 at 2:00 p.m.
“Pageant of Pulchritude”…now that’s a catchy slogan. As far as the 300 lb.woman in a bikini…I think one has to admire the courage to look her way…
mike_s on May 18 at 3:03 p.m.
By her attitude towards heavyset people, would it be safe to say that CindyH has never struggled with her weight?
Cindy_H on May 18 at 3:49 p.m.
Not safe at all. In fact downright dangerous.
Sisyphus on May 18 at 3:54 p.m.
I’ll pray for you mike.
mike_s on May 18 at 4:03 p.m.
I guess I won’t say it.
Sisyphus on May 18 at 4:14 p.m.
Wise move. Or the title of the next post would likely be “Dead Man Blogging”.
Stickman on May 18 at 7:38 p.m.
No, I like all the skin you want to show me. As for Lynn, he is still around, but you have to look close. I would rather not look at that though.

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