Speaking of Lilly Dache...it was said that she was once interviewed wearing a hat while in the bath tub. She was never seen without a hat.In the 1950-1960's, going swimming was no reason to go without a fetching design on your pretty little head.
Swim caps were yet another way to express yourself, and wildly at that.
I remember wearing a yellow swim cap as I swam in the Pacific Ocean, and my friend wearing a red cap. Our mothers sat reading and chatting on shore and didn't want to lose sight of us, so they made us wear the yellow and red caps, keeping us easy to spot in the frothy white surf.
Lazy life guarding, but it worked.
Putting the cap on always hurt, and the taking it off was even worse. Lots of times the cap went askew, blasted loose by a vigorous wave break, the chin strap doing its part to keep the cap from being lost to a water grave.
I envied the rubber flower caps that were sported by the fashionable ladies. It was always tempting to pull the petals to see how far they would stretch. No one ever did much serious swimming in those hats. But they sure were cute.
ebay seems to have a steady supply of these creations. I wish I had thought to get one when I was a younger woman. But then again, when I was a younger woman ebay simple wasn't, and now that I am older, I prefer as little attention as possible when I don my swim suit and head into the water.
On the other hand, if I did wear one of those fancy swim caps, maybe I wouldn't need to try to hold my tummy in any more. What's a tummy and jiggly thighs, compared to the spectacle of a rubber flower garden blooming on my head?
2 comments:
I think that's an allure of the flowered swim cap --- everyone looks at your cap instead of the rest of you. I bid on one on Ebay last year - it got away from me at $65.00!!
oh my god I had one!!! a pink one with lovely round petaled flowers,I was about 10 and it was my pride and joy. how I wish I'd kept it
J
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