Swingin' Poolside

This photo makes me chuckle. Serene supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice is posed in a full eyelet skirt against a curly white patio set, striped umbrellas, and swaying Bahama palms; hip Mr. Norman Parkinson, fashion photographer, with his camera and moustache, leans into the picture with a smirk. Ha! A little humour for a well-framed glamour shot.

Vintage Vacationers 2

For a summery hurrah, here's part two of my Vintage Vacationers post from last year. The photos come from a gallery on The Weather Channel called Before the Bikini: Rare Vintage Beach Photos. These are my favourites from the 1920s. The photo above, from August 1928, captures vacationers  on the beach at Shanklin on the Isle Of Wight, England.

August 1922: Canvey Island, Essex, England

1924: Actress Viola Dana

1921 and 1923, respectively: Bathing suit models

1924: Girls of 'The Merry Whirl' applying their make-up on Manhattan Beach, New York, where they are holding a water carnival

1925: Women posing near a Paris beach

1926: Toddlers taking a beach nap

1929: A row women showing off some unusual and original swimwear

1929: Bathers undress using the 'Skreenette' on a public beach

1929: Bathing beauties

February 1925: Members of the Brighton Swimming Club

July 1921: Bathers dance hand in hand on the beach at Plymouth, in Devon, England

1929: Star formation on New York's Brighton beach

July 1927: Two women playing leapfrog on the beach at Broadstairs in Kent, England

Summer Lounging

 The glorious days of summer are starting to slip away, but they still provide some quality relaxation time. Here are several photos, originally from various vintage Vogue magazines, that I gathered from Pinterest. They capture these passing days very glamorously!

(This photo is from My Vintage Vogue. The site has an excellent gallery of restored photos.) 

Savour that sunshine!



Vintage Vacationers

These photos are from a massive gallery on The Weather Channel called Before the Bikini: Rare Vintage Beach Photos. They are super interesting, so here are some of my gallery favourites from the 1930s.

 April 1935: Fishermen and girls on holiday near Bigbury in South Devon, England.

 April 1938: The Silver Sax Six rehearsing at a resort.

 August 1930: Swimmers doing the splits in Eastbourne, England.

 August 1931: Deauville, northwestern France.

 August 1935: Children on the lawn of a seaside hotel in Birchington, Kent, England.

 August 1935: Dancers from the International Institute of Margaret Morris Movement on the beach in Sandwich, Kent, England.

 August 1937: Southport, England.

August 1937: Women playing cricket on the beach in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

 The girl on the right's facial expression is fantastic!

 August 1938: Women playing billiards on the beach with a table made of rope in Oregon, USA.

 August 1939: Girls on the helter-skelter slide at Coney Beach Amusement Park in Porthcawl, Wales.

 August 1939: Hastings, Sussex, England.

 1930: Young ladies listening to a BBC studio broadcast on the beach.

1934: Women wearing beach pajamas. 

 1935: A seaweed jump rope!

 February 1931: Lifeguards in a balancing contest on a beach in Sydney, Australia.

 July 1933: People on a beach in New Jersey, USA, waving goodbye to an airplane full of friends.

 July 1934: The Eight Step Sisters rehearsing in Worthing, Sussex, England.

July 1935: Star formation sunbathing in Havre de Pas, France.

 July 1935: Little ice cream eaters in Littlehampton,West Sussex, England.

 July 1935: Sailors from HMS Fury and two women jumping rope on a beach in New Jersey, USA.

 June 1930: A birthday girl gets the bumps at Brighton seaside resort in East Sussex, England.

 June 1935: Women using inflated swim bars to exercise on the beach in Worthing, England.

June 1935: Two girls dancing with beach balls in Sussex, England. 

 June 1936: Bridlington, Humberside, England.

 May 1936: A beach fashion show in London, England.

May 1936: Beach vacationers riding donkeys in Blackpool, England.

November 1931: Sydney, Australia.

 May 1930: Enthusiastic vacationers playing leap-frog on a beach in California, USA.

I love how these old photos capture the free-spirited essence of summer!