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#Throwback Thursday: Is Your Body Bathing Suit Ready?

#Throwback Thursday: Is Your Body Bathing Suit Ready?

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Remember all those sad promises you made last January? Here are some vintage swimmers to inspire you to one last push. Put down the cronut and take a look.

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Yep. It's past Memorial Day. You put it off far too long, and you really can't skip a whole summer. Perhaps these glimpses of high-waisted, strappy, liner-less suits from the past will help inspire you to pull it together. Or, like me, you can sign up for the Bacon-of-the-Month Club.

1938_jantzenx633_0Women aren't the only victims of perfect-body expectations. This 1938 Janzten ad shows the original inspiration for Barbie's legs. On a man.

1940slifeguardx633_0 Sudden bathing suit strap drop syndrome. Get vaccinated.

White_beltx633_0Belted for your pleasure.

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"R" stands for Really Fit.

Rock_emergingx633_0 Rock Hudson in a tasteful square-cut.

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Up to no good on Bondi Beach in the '30s.

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Before and after shots. Brylcreem adds such lovely highlights to the thighs.

Rudolph_valentinox633_0Rudolph Valentino, before the invention of bathing suit liners.

55catalinax633_0Take your pick. Many selections available for those with belly button modesty issues.

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I have to go lie down for a minute. Caption this one yourself.

Girliex633_0Something super gay is going on here. Not quite sure what. I'm sure our readers will help.

Summer-men_footballx633_0 Made you look!

Dad-ondockx633_0Remember when Dad used to go out with that dirty cushion and lie right down on the dock? Oh, the splinters were something awful.

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Sal Mineo in Who Killed Teddy Bear? 1965

Rock-and-george-nadarx633_0 Rock Hudson and George Nader rubbing flanks.

Beardx633_0 "Stop it! Stop it! No! I won't be your beard!"

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Tab Hunter and Rudolf Nureyev should probably get a room.

Bvdx633_0Feeling very "Colonel" these days. Damn cronuts.

55jantzenswimsuitsx633_0 Plaid about the boy.

Suddenly2x633_0 Caution: White bathing suits can become completely transparent when wet on the beaches of North Africa.

Germany_20sx633_0 More "pre-liner" bathing suits. In fact, not sure these are even bathing suits. More like tattered bits of stretchy fabric that have lost all sense of support and decency.

Cliftx633_0 Monty Clift in an "up-shorts" shot.

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It's a MAN'S BATHING SUIT, damn it. It says so in huge letters.

Early_70sx633_0Cunning '70s suits. But those hip zippers are going to be quite twisty when you need to take a leak.

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Christopher Harrity

Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.
Christopher Harrity is the Manager of Online Production for Here Media, parent company to The Advocate and Out. He enjoys assembling online features on artists and photographers, and you can often find him poring over the mouldering archives of the magazines.