{"id":8239,"date":"2012-06-01T09:15:08","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2022-09-08T20:05:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T00:05:34","slug":"june-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/06\/01\/june-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a photo of Joe’s grandmother (seated in the middle) and her girlfriends taken sometime in the 1910s. They look like a happy group despite their multi-layered bathing dresses complete with stockings, caps, and shoes.<\/div>\n
These suits weren’t conducive to sunbathing or swimming in the least bit – back then men swam, women “bathed” by walking into the water.<\/div>\n
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On one hand, I’m thankful women’s swimsuits have evolved, those bathing dresses must have been heavy when soaking wet, and took a very long time to dry. On the other hand, I suppose there was a certain freedom not having to pluck\/shave\/wax every square inch of your body until you resemble Mr. Bigglesworth from Austin Powers before a weekend trip to the beach. The more things change, the more they stay the same!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a photo of Joe’s grandmother (seated in the middle) and her girlfriends taken sometime in the 1910s. They look like a happy group despite their multi-layered bathing dresses complete with stockings, caps, and shoes. 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