Bathing suit

Designer Claire McCardell American
 Manufacturer Townley Frocks American

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The consummate wrap for McCardell is the diaper bathing suit, swaddling the body three-dimensionally and even passing through the legs. Bare and bold, the diaper bathing suit is more innovative in its form on the body than in the exposure of skin. Later, in the 1970s, there would be many copies of the McCardell diaper suit.

Bathing suit, Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958), wool, rayon, American

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Bathing suit, Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958), wool, rayon, American
Bathing suit, Claire McCardell (American, 1905–1958), wool, rayon, American

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