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Man's Bathing Ensemble Textile Detail
MacGregor Sportswear
FIDM MUSEUM & GALLERIES
Los Angeles, United States
MacGregor Sportswear was well known for its novelty-printed outdoor wear for men. Here, a robe and swim trunks are printed with suntanned young males diving and cannonballing into the water. These swimmers showcase the ideal, lithe body type of the 1930s, which was accomplished in part through an outdoor lifestyle devoted to physical pursuits popularized by newly relaxed attitudes toward body exposure. Was this male, clothed by so many beautiful men, their equal, or was this ensemble a distracting fantasy?
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Details
- Title: Man's Bathing Ensemble Textile Detail
- Creator: MacGregor Sportswear
- Manufacturer: Robe & Trunks: MacGregor Sportswear Towel: Golden Gate International Exposition
- Date Created: 1934/1938
- Location Created: Robe & Trunks: Cincinnati, Ohio Sunglasses: United States Towel: San Francisco, California
- Provenance: Robe and Trunks: FIDM Museum Purchase Sunglasses: Gift of Kevin L. Jones Towel: Gift of the Napa County Historical Society
- Type: Robe Swimsuit (Trunks) Sunglasses Towel
- Rights: © FIDM Museum & Library, Inc. Image made available for limited non-commercial, educational, and personal use only, or for fair use as defined in the United States copyright laws. Users must cite the author and source of the image as they would material from any printed work, and the citations should include the URL “www.fidmmuseum.org”. For publication or press requests, visit http://www.fidmmuseum.org/about/rights-and-reproductions/ or email imagerights@FIDMmuseum.org.
- Medium: Robe and Trunks: Printed cotton twill Sunglasses: Plastic and glass Towel: Printed cotton terry cloth and lace
- Object ID: Robe & Trunks: 2014.5.48A-C Sunglasses: 2003.155.1 Towel: 2012.1001.6
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