I admit it, I'm a swim suit addict.

And when I found this 1949 Fashion Layout on the history of "The Bathing Suit" I thought it was the neatest thing since sliced bread. There are 8 pages (15 counting front and back) of historical swin suits and modern re-enactments of swim and bathing scenes, along with color layouts of many stars and starlettes of the summer of 1949. Including Marilyn Monroe. It a fun look at Mid Century fashion and how far fashion had come in less than 50 years. Compare to today's suits and you might be surprised.


Click on the record player to hear my fav 60's swim wear song.










You can find this layout and several others similar to it at www.cemetarian.com

Lost in the Fifties Tonight.............

As I was prepping these patterns to list the 80's Ronnie Millsap song kept running through my head and I simply had to find it and share..........but I couldn't so you'll just have to hum it as you look at all these Fabulous Fifties patterns.......



Slim and figure flattering (as long as you had good foundations)






Full and Fun






Everything in between





All of these and more can be found in the 50's Dress Category on cemetarian

Shades of Summers Past

We are having an unusually warm spell even for North Texas. It was in the 90's this week..........too hot for April, and we're hoping that it's not of sign of things to come. Between the hot weather and finding these 2 fabulous swimsuits one with the coverup.........I've been reminiscing about the summers of my childhood and teen years.

I grew up in the water. Literally. From Memorial Day to Labor Day my family spent every weekend at Lake Texoma camping, skiing, swiming and loafing. Not to mention Camp Fire Camp (Camp Rio Roxo) and 2 weeks vacation. During the week I spent every day at the swimming pool and was a member of the municipal Swim Team. So I went through about 5 or 6 swimsuits a summer.

One of the reasons I mention this is because it was very important to have at least 2 suits at all times. One for the lake and one for the pool. Texoma is formed from the Red River and they call it the Red River for a reason...............red sand. Red Sand kills a light colored swimsuit quicker that a cat can lick it's behind. And chlorine kills a dark colored suit the same way..........so all us girls had Pool Suits and Lake Suits.

The 2 suits I found this week came from the same Estate. Obviously she also divided her time between the pool and the lake. This first beauty is a Jantzen white over blue suit with white organdy eyelet cover up. (No need for a cover-up at the lake cause ya just threw on shorts or a towel and lived in the water)



And the 2nd pretty is a Sears Sea Stars 2 pc which still had red sand in it (but I got it all out and it's ready to go). Boy did that sand bring back memories.............warm nights, campfires on the beach, stars overhead, the boy from Dallas in the next campsite............OOPS....too much information.


Both of these lovelies can be found at cemetarian on eBay.

April Showers Bring May Flowers......

And we've got the showers covered this week at cemetarian on eBay. (You're on your own for the flowers)

No April Fools! It really is almost Bikini Weather

It doesn't matter if you prefer the skimpiest of bikini's or more modest vintage cover-ups, we have lots of swim and playsuit patterns. From the 1940's through the 1990's, there is something for every decade. Come on over and check out the Swim/Playsuit and Sports & Casual categories. And I've got 150 scans in the pipeline that I'll be adding in the next few days.