Old photo, the U.S. military looks at swimsuit models, Xianggong in Beijing's Bada Hutong: a man who sells his body
In the 1930s American beach town, police stopped women wearing skirts on the street to make sure the length was not too short. According to the requirements at the time, swimsuits could not be six inches (about 15cm) above the knee, and men could not be naked. Not to mention the new swimsuit with bare legs and exposed arms, which was naturally not tolerated by the society at that time.
02, In the 1920s, on the beaches of the United States, swimwear police officers were measuring whether clothes met the norms. The girl in the photo is still in the world, at least a centenarian.
03, 1962, the Soviet Union, around minus 30 degrees, women in swimsuits stood on the ice and danced square dance, challenging the cold and exercising themselves.
In Japan in the 1920s, after the Meiji Restoration, Japanese women's clothing was also more Westernized, and two girls wore swimsuits to wash their feet by the river. At the same time, Japanese schools used the dress of the water hand suit as a school uniform, which became the prototype of the modern Japanese sailor suit.
05, 1930s Beidaihe, when swimming sports swept the world, Western-style swimsuits also began to be popular in China, when the Republic of China's big coffee will also go to the beach swimming vacation, Zhang Xueliang, Lin Huiyin have left photos of playing in the sea. Above, swimsuit girls haggle with jewelry vendors who love this sea shell craft.
06. On January 22, 1945, soldiers of the US 3rd Infantry Division were looking at "swimsuit models" with the price of this dress. In order to prevent being blown away by the wind, the model shelf was specially tied to the tree, and the model was taller than the US army.
07, the united States from 1875 to 1927 in the 50 years of swimwear changes, from swimsuit design, to the evolution of production, can be called an evolutionary history of women's body concepts and social consciousness, but also from the original conservative to enthusiastic style. Personal feelings were the most varied between 1925 and 1927.
08, 1905, Florida Beach, usa, when the sun bathers, women are very conservative, men are also very gentlemanly.
09, 1905, New York, the United States, high-rise buildings, traffic, street lights have been pressed, people's clothing is more fashionable. Today, 100 years ago, New York is not much different from now, it is an old building, that is, there are more electronic screens and colored lights
10. In September 1905, in Beiping, during the visit of Alice, the daughter of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, to China, the Great Inner Guard was carrying her to visit Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor. Alice was 20 years old and Cixi was 70 years old, so Alice said after seeing Cixi: "Like a 40-year-old beautiful woman", and after seeing Guangxu, she said "sluggish". Alice lived until February 12, 1884, when she was 96 years old. Alice's cousin was Roosevelt Jr.'s wife, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
11. In 1905, on the coast of New Jersey in the United States, who was more elegant in horse-drawn carriages and donkey-riding? These rich wives did not "tie their waists", and their feet were not "three inches of golden lotus"
12, 1905, carriages and cars, which contain a lot of helplessness. This contrast is quite infuriating, the contrast between agricultural society and industrial society. However, the carriage has the advantage of not polluting the environment. Is this four-wheeled car American? Or ashkenazi? Anyway, it's not Japanese
13. In 1905, the "Xianggong" (male who sold his body) in the Bada Hutong in Beijing. Their demeanor is not quite the same as the sluggish wood that is common in the photos at that time, but there is a kind of modern people's agility.