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ignis-aeternus: The Shepherd’s Dream John Henry Fuseli, Johann Heinrich Fussli
realityayslum: Annette Kellerman in A Daughter of the Gods, 1916. Kellerman railed against the prevailing modesty restrictions in swimwear from a young age, lambasting the impractical nature of the bathing dress and hose. This culminated in her arrest in 1907 on a charge of indecent exposure on a beach in Massachusetts as her one-piece, thigh-high swimsuit was deemed far too revealing. Kellerman’s argument that she needed to be free from cumbersome swimwear in order to achieve unrestricted movement was accepted by the judge and the case was dismissed. The ensuing popularity of her one-piece (that highlighted every curve of her body) eventually led to her own line of swimwear, and the acceptance of the style left companies like Jantzen free to pick up the mantle. … text via: Theatre of Fashion