Betty’s Blog
BUYING SWIMWEAR ONLINE
For many women the thought of buying swimwear online is crazy - how can you know what size, how it's going to look on your body, what's the fabric like and so on. But I don't think it's any different to buying shoes say, or pants or a dress online, more »
The Evolution of the One Piece Swimsuit
Ever wondered how the one piece swimsuit came into being? Before the middle of the 19th century there was no notion of the bathing suit – people simply waded into the water in their clothes and bobbed around. The evolution of the one piece swimsuit into the garment we know today more »
Too Cold for Swimsuits
Who could be thinking of lounging around in a one piece swimsuit on a day like today? Here in Sydney it's 18 and raining. This outfit on the front of 1952 French women's magazine Modes & Travaux is more like it... This is back in the time (we call vintage) more »
Resort Wear
Resort Wear can be a beach jacket, a beach robe, a sarong, a skirt,shorts, a kaftan, a muu muu, loose pants - anything that covers you up. Most women have a quirk about some part of their body - hips too big, thighs a bit wobbly - in our Resort Wear more »
The Return Of The One Piece Swimsuit
When bikinis got smaller and smaller in the '70's it was a celebration of our freedom, finally women were loosed from the restrictions of false modesty and old style decorum. Wonderful at the time an it means because we have had the full spectrum of fashion choices in swimwear - more »
plus sized swimwear
It's that time of year again when we have to face the difference between the pictures of models wearing gorgeous swimsuits and our own bodies in those swimsuits. The fact that most of us are not size 6 or even size 8 and that life is not a fashion shoot and more »
a lovely one piece swimsuit image
This is the invitation to the current show 'On The Beach' at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum in Sydney New South Wales. It's a detail from a painting by Fred Leist (1878-1945) called The bathing pool - Cremorne. The light and deep shadow is so evocative of Australian summer to me more »
Brrr
Too cold in Australia to be thinking about swimsuits, but I'm going to Bali to bask by the pool in my Betty Diamond swimsuit.
