Brown one-piece knitted wool swim suit. The top half of the swim suit has horizontal stripes in pale blue, pale brown and brown and is in the shape of a cutaway vest with narrow straps over the shoulders. At the waist it has a wide stripe in pale blue in the style of a belt and it has brown belt loops. The bottom half of the suit is brown wool knit with legs finishing at the top of the thigh. Some moth damage which has been mended with yellow thread.
Bukta
Red and blue cotton striped shorts with metal zip. There is a cotton tab at the waist with translucent buttons sewn on inner and outer side. The shorts are finished with a red zig zag stitch. White Vince label sewn inside the waist.
Vince
Black lycra full body sleeveless swimsuit. The black fabric is covered in an overall pattern of V-shapes which are slightly ridged. It is made of curved panels down the chest, over hips and lower back and around the legs. These are sewn together with visible grey stitched seaming. The suit has a high neck and fastens down the centre back with a zip. On the front right chest is the Speedo logo in capital letters.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Speedo
Bright blue wool knitted swimsuit or trunks with white elasticated belt striped with two lines of silver-coloured thread and a silver-coloured shield-shaped buckle. The suit has a high waist and belt loops with narrow white stripes down each side seam. The leg openings are cut around the top of the thigh. There is a a sewn on shield-shaped badge to the left front near the hem with the Bukta emblem of a woman in a swimsuit riding a flying fish - this emblem is also engraved into the belt badge.
Size 46
Bukta
Shorts or swimsuit made of cotton in a check design in shades of green, red, black and yellow on an off-white background (part of a two piece set). They have elasticated waist and channel for a drawcord (missing), a small flapped key pocket that fastens with a red plastic button, and a stretchy mesh lining. There are short vents in each side seam and a Jantzen logo badge (a woman diving) sewn onto the bottom of the left front leg. Label in the centre back waistband.
Jantzen
Swimsuit made of white Lycra printed with a pattern in bright green.
Unknown
Knitted swimsuit with small pocket fasting with a metal zip.
Meridian
Wool one piece swimsuit in dark red or burgundy finely knitted wool. It has a deep scoop neck with straps over the shoulders and fitted legs to mid-thigh. The back of the swimsuit is also scooped and it is cut low under the arms. There is a modesty panel at the crotch. Label in the back of the neck.
Meridian
One piece dark blue cotton jersey swimsuit. It has a high round neck bound with dark blue woven cotton binding, the same binding is used around the armholes. The left shoulder fastens with two mother of pearl buttons. The legs of the swimsuit reach to just above the knee.
Peter Robinson Ltd
Black knitted wool swimsuit (bathing suit) with cross strap back knitted body. Neck and sleeve hem is cover stitched to secure the raw edge of the fabric. The shoulder strap has been overlocked onto the cross strap which is looped through the centre back of the suit. The raw edge of the leg hem is overlocked and finished using a blind stitch, and a seperate crotch piece cut on the bias has been overlocked into the crotch of the swimsuit. The same overlocked method of finished has been used throughout the swimsuit.
Designer unknown
