You have to agree that, vintage or not, it truly is a fashion faux pas (or is it faux paws?) to wear a short fur jacket over your swimsuit on the beach.
Alfred Eisenstaedt Vintage Fashion Photo, 1940
Aside from looking rather ridiculous, most women could not bear such focus on & scrutiny of their swimsuit covered bottoms.
Photo of a woman wearing fur coat during a cold spell on Miami Beach, Florida, in 1940 taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt. (I wonder how Alfred managed to keep the camera still while taking this photo — my photos would be distorted from laughing! I guess that’s why he’s a professional photographer lol)
Tags: coats, fur, swimsuits, vintage fashion, vintage glamour
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What a great photo! I wish I could wear a fur to the beach now… that would be awkward though… It kind of makes me thing of those stretchy wool swimsuits. Wool swimsuits seem like an oxymoron, but if Geinreich made it work, then so can I!
I love fur on women, but this does look a bit bizarre.. specially being a a lesser quality fur.. skunk or maybe muskrat or beaver. But I’m open to new fur fashion trends - tho this be old.
I just can’t help (butt) but giggle whenever I see this photo myself