VINTAGE 1950s CATALINA ATOMIC TIKI HAWAIIAN SWIMSUIT MARILYN BOMBSHELL PINUP VLV

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VINTAGE 1940s 1950s Authentic Vintage
CATALINA ATOMIC TIKI HAWAIIAN SWIMSUIT MARILYN BOMBSHELL PINUP VLV Bombshell Bathing Suit Romper
This Suit is in Excellent Condition! like it was stored in a Time Capsule! Bright and Vivid no deterioration of Elastine Fabric or Elastic! Fully boned built bra and Boning at back flap at zipper! to keep the Heavy Duty Metal Talon Zipper in place! Shirred Ruched Suit is designed to enhance the Feminine form!
Styled for the Stars of Hollywood! Los Angeles California! Made in the USA Vintage size 16, Bust 38
This is a gorgeous 1940's 1950s vintage pin up bathing suit.  Designed by this era's leading Designer - Catalina who styled suits for the Stars of Hollywood. This stunner is designed to enhance all your assets! and show off all your Feminine Curves!  anatomy, Oh Boy is it !!! Beautifully designed to show off curves in a dramatic ultra fitted fashion.  A gorgeous glossy Golden Yellow Orange Brown and white shirred Heavier weight 140/155 Elastic Nylon that will nicely hold you in! Your breasts are accented with a dramatic boned panel Adjustable removable straps.  Hidden panty/leg (with elastic) openings underneath.  Smokin hot Super Sizzling !!!
There is some nice stretch to the fabric/design which may give you a bit more room.  Closes with inner hooks and a Talon Heavy Metal Zip Back that works perfectly!  Inner tag says CATALINA Masterpiece.
du PONT NYLON AND LASTEX MASTERPIECES /  STYLED FOR THE STARS OF HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES, CALIF / MADE IN U.S.A. / SIZE 38.
Condition -  excellent.   No holes, stains, tears, etc... Gorgeous !!!
Fully Lined with elasticized boy cut leg openings built into the suit. The Elastic in legs is perfect not drying out or stretched out nice and snappy no Deterioration!  Talon metal zipper with inner hook and eye placket. This suit has Boning built in so can be worn Strapless or Shoulder straps are adjustable with brass hooks and length in straps. it can also be halter, crisscross
Lined shelf bust with Boning stays.
Incredible one piece swim suit from the 1940s 1950s by Catalina. It features a Hawaiian Atomic Tiki Asian Novelty Print Bright and vivid colors! Gorgeous Golden yellow with orange brown white! atomic print fabric; lovely detailing shirred rusched front and back; Fully lined crotch bodice and bust; Boned Built bra.  Both the styling as well as the fabric are just phenomenal on this piece. The fabric with iconic abstract Tiki Asian Hawaiian Novelty Print with accents in brown and orange and white so.....very atomic. All of the shirring and rusching are still in excellent condition and have all of the original stretch. Nice and snappy no Deterioration of Fabric or Elastic.
Catalina is one of the oldest clothing manufacturers in California. Their history began in 1907, as Bentz Knitting Mills, a small manufacturer of underwear and sweaters. The name was changed to Pacific Knitting Mills in 1912, accompanied by the introduction of swimwear to their existing knit lines. The third and final name change came in 1928, to Catalina.
Catalina
Sportswear was founded in 1928 when its founder, Edgar W. Stewart, changed the name of a mill he owned, Pacific Knitting Mills. The company was located in Los Angeles, and they used their location near Hollywood as part of their glamorous image.
In the 1940s they hired several of Hollywood’s most famous designers to work on designs for them. These included Orry Kelly, Milo Anderson, Edith Head and Travis Banton. For many years the head designer at Catalina was Mary Ann DeWeese, who formed her own company, DeWeese Designs.
The earliest wool knit suits were patterned after a simple one-piece style introduced to the US by Australian swim star Annette Kellermen. In the 1920s, Catalina produced increasingly baring and fashionable swimwear, including the boldly striped Chicken Suit, men's Speed Suit and Ribstitch "S" suits. With the rising glitz of the silver screen in the 1930s, Catalina adopted the slogan "Styled for the Stars of Hollywood". They added to the prestige by using Hollywood Starlets! including Bette Davis, Joan Bondell, and Olivia De Havilland, in their marketing campaigns. At the time, the average Catalina swimsuit retailed between five and ten dollars, equivalent to –3 today (assuming 1935 dollars).
Catalina's influence was intertwined with the myth and icon of the Miss America Beauty Pageant. When they sponsored the contest in the 1940s, contestants wore essentially off the rack Catalina swimsuits, except the pageant suits had the flying fish logo on both hips instead of just one. They dropped sponsorship after the 1951 winner, Yolande Betbeze, refused to pose for publicity pictures while wearing a swimsuit. Catalina then went on to found the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants, co-sponsoring them for decades to follow. With this came a new slogan to emphasize their growing global awareness: "Around the world... it's Catalina".
In the 1960s, Catalina became a sister company to Cole of California, a swimwear manufacturer established in 1925.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
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