New Year on the Beach: 12 Interesting Vintage Photos of Women Greeting New Year in Swimsuits in the 1930s

   

Feminine cotton printed bathing suits often with little over skirts to hide the thighs gradually replaced the ugly 1920s fashion. Drawing of a playsuit for the beach. Fashion and costume history.

The 1920s suit which sometimes sported cutout sections in the midriff panel disappeared as it evolved into a two piece garment. By this era most of us would recognize the late 1930s swimsuits as one that bears some relationship to swimwear of today.
Below is a small collection of 12 interesting vintage photos that show women greeting New Year in their 1930s swimsuits.

Girls on the beach in Santa Monica, California in swim suits showing the new year 1931

 

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Happy New Year's from the beach in CA, 1933

 

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