When exactly were the 1st modern swimming trunks sold and worn?I think that is was in 1935.?
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The men's swim suit, started out as a rather form-fitting wool garment with long sleeves and legs similar to long underwear, was developed and would change little for a century until 1910 when the 1st style of trunks were created and sold.\n\nMen's swimsuits developed roughly in parallel to women's during this period, with the shorts covering progressively less. Eventually racing-style "speedo" suits became popular—and not just for their speed advantages. Thongs were often seen among the more daring and provocative crowds. But in the 1990s, longer and baggier shorts became popular, with the hems often reaching to the knees. Perhaps due to the greater weight of these suits when wet, or perhaps from sheer daring, they were often worn lower on the hips than regular shorts
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Hi there\nThis site maybe helpful.\nhttp://pkwagner.tripod.com/\n\nThis is just a bit of trivia you might find interesting.\n\nBack in the 60's mini skirts were very fashionable things to wear. \n\nIt was noticed that the girls wearing mini skirts in winter where the temperature got to freezing cold started putting weight on in there legs. \n\nThe body did it to itself, to protect itself from the cold.
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In the 60's? Early 70's? That's ballpark. You had to go and get me curious, so I searched...couldn't find alot of info about it, but I know if I kept on it, I would - happy surfing!
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They had one on auction. They said it was of 1940's vintage.
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It originated in the 1630's and had a military origin. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necktie\n\nThey became popular as dress wear back then as they were more comfortable than the starched linen ruffs that were worn at the time.
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Swimming has been known since prehistoric times. Drawings from the stone age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt. Written references date back up to 2000 B.C., including Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42, Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book "Colymbetes". Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans.\n\nSwimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1900 backstroke was included as an Olympic Event. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of Breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.\n\nCompetitive swimming is swimming with the goal to maximize the speed of the swimming. Competitive swimming became popular in the nineteenth century, and currently comprises 32 events, 16 male events, and 16 female events, at the Summer Olympic Games. Competitive swimming's international governing body is FINA (Federation International De Natation) International Swimming Federation. It is currently being debated whether or not to instate the 1500 m freestyle as part of the female events. Currently, the longest female event is the 800 m freestyle.\n\nThe four competitive strokes are the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. These strokes can be swum individually or together in an individual medley (IM). The order IM goes in is: 1) Butterfly 2) Backstroke 3) Breaststroke 4) Freestyle. There is also the medley relay in which the order is: : 1) Backstroke 2) Breaststroke 3) Butterfly 4) Freestyle. Each of the four swimmers in the relay swims one stroke for a quarter of a predetermined length.\n\nIn the United States, many communities sponsor competitive swimming leagues (for children and young people aged 4-18), made up of individual swim teams, which may range in size from a few dozen swimmers to several hundred swimmers. These leagues for the most part adhere to recognized swimming rules, swim the standard strokes, but swim shorter lengths as events in swim meets. These leagues are usually active in the warmer months, and are not directly associated with a national or world swim organization. However, some swimmers who begin their competitive swimming experience on such a local swim team go on to join a nationally-governed team, on their path to an Olympic berth later.
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Great question, I belive it was in 1930.
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Try  http://www.rustyzipper.com/shop.cfm/rz/type=Shirts/gender=Mens/ERA=1950/featured.cfm\n\nHope this helps
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try looking under "vintage clothing" on e-bay
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you mean bathing suits? There are many cool desins for bathing suits. look at this site
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1900\nWomen were allowed to participate for the first time\n\nhttp://www.olympics.org.uk/olympicmovement/olympicfirsts.asp
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You mean speedo's? What, haven't you noticed that competitive swimmers and divers in the U.S. wear them too? And Speedo's aren't just popular for non-competitive swimmers in France; they're popular all over Europe, South America, and Australia. Americans are pretty much the only ones who wear those big, baggy swim trunks that are impossible to swim in, perhaps because Americans are fatter than everyone else and have more to hide.\n\nGeez, try to sound like less of a judgmental ignoramus, will you? I don't particularly find a pair of tight Speedo's on a fat guy with pubes sticking out very attractive, either. But the French are not the only ones who favor them.
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How about tight rolled jeans, bleached jeans, hugely over-sized shirts on girls, Milli Vanilli, New Kids on the Block.  Ah, I loved the 80's!  The sad thing is some of the old "fad's" are starting to come back so watch out...they said bell-bottoms would never come back and they did.
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Do you want men's or women's? I don't know the date, but Babe Didrikson won the women's hurdles that year:\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/facts_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1932\nYou could try search for info on her. It may say the date in her bio somewhere.
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I think 1947\nCheck out the website below
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simple, elegant modern styles: jersey dresses, especially the “little black dress,” and suits; perfumes, notably Chanel No. 5, created in 1922; black or gray pullovers with white piqué collars and cuffs; boxy, braid-trimmed suits; trousers for women; and clothing generally designed for comfort. Among the most imitated of all designers she had a major resurgence of popularity beginning in 1954, when she reopened the business she had closed (1930) at the beginning of World War II. Her fashion empire ranged from Chanel suits and quilted handbags with chains to costume jewelry and a textile house
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i looked on ebay and there's a buffet from the 1930s that sold for $1,299. another vintage one, probably made a bit later, sold for $1,295. and so on ...