A new exhibit celebrating swimwear from the past 100 years pull outs at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London on Friday. From swimming clothes at the English seaside to bikinis on the Côte d’Azur, be inspired this summer
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Fabricates in bathing costumes from the 1960s.Photograph: Leicestershire County Convocation
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Models in beachwear from the 1960s.Photograph: Leicestershire County Committee
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Models from the 1970s.Photograph: Leicestershire County Assembly
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A model in a 1960s-style bathing costume.Photograph: Lancashire County Directors
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Morecambe and Wise presenting Miss Great Britain 1965.Photograph: Form and Textile Museum
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Models in bathing costumes.Photograph: Mould and Textile Museum
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A poster for the Riviera Style exhibition.Representation: Lancashire County Council/Christie’s Images/Private omnium gatherum
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Bathing costume from the 1920sPhotograph: Leicestershire County Directorate
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P&O Cruises brochure cover for ‘first and tourist class voyages’.Illustration: P&O Heritage Collection
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A model from the 1950s.Photograph: Leicestershire County Conclave
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A poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to advance rail travel to the east coast of England.Illustration: Tom Purvis/NRM/Striking Collection/Science & Society Picture Library