I need to look up this reference in the library but have googled and found some interesting things to get the mind ticking... back to my first theory of incorporating modern feminity in relation to the body and fashion combined with the constraints on the body in exercise in the 1930's-1940's . In particular dance.
First I think its important to talk a little about what kinds of exercise ladies were doing in the first half of the 20th century. Dancing (particularly ballet), swimming, tennis, horseback riding, golf, gymnastics and a whole score of now forgotten methods of keeping oneself in top form. Sportswear back then meant an entirely thing than what it means today. The actual term `sportswear' could be just what you wore for any casual leisure activity from badminton to sailing. With a new passion for sports, sunbathing and even nudisim invited briefer sportswear-bathing suits were backless and slashed.
Some funny exercise techniques from the 30's-40's.
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