We are looking at retro vintage swimwear today. As always, I am trying to crack the Pinterest SEO code. It seems like there’s always one random image among my pins that get a ton of impressions. In this case, it’s this picture of a model from 1958, modeling some gorgeous vintage swimwear. In the last 30 days, it’s gotten 4500 impressions, 37 saves, and 6 outbound clicks. The question is why? Is it curated? Did someone with a very large following share it? I do not know. When I look at the boards it was saved to, I see many that have to do with character poses, and anatomy sketches. This makes sense, it’s a very clear photo to practice life drawing from.
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The photo is from one of my favorite Flickr commons accounts, Florida Memory. It contains so many great photos from the Florida state library and archives. They also have a website and you can search the collection here.
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Retro Vintage swimwear is always a fun trend. I love how the styles are more modest, and the mid century modern palette is delectable. I would love to design a line of swimwear like this. Unfortunately the swimwear offerings on printful are not great – flimsy structures and they look like they are cheaply made. Maybe I’ll order some for fun, though. Here’s my impatiens print on a bikini:
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