Two-piece bathing suit
Bold sportswear stripes are graphic on a two-piece bathing suit or playsuit by McCardell. The designer played with the orientation of the stripes (which go one way on the top and another on the shorts) to offset top against bottom and to emphasize the separation between the boy-shorts bottom and the bodice. But the effect is also like boating flags and signs, and the piece is as vibrant and graphic as summer itself.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two-piece bathing suit
- Designer: Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958)
- Manufacturer: Townley Frocks (American, 1929–1938; 1940–ca. 1968)
- Date: ca. 1950
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Gifts from Various Donors, 1980
- Object Number: 1980.404.2a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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