wanted swimwear 80s poly/lycra 1-piece

Looking for swimwear 80s polyester/lycra 1-piece girls/kids.

Know of any web links, or email of someone who is selling?

Ideal is a web site shop that has items same as if you went into a shop in the 80s and looked then
(eg target, etc). For example perhaps retro/ vintage clothing shops, second-hand shops (if they
happen to have clothing from that far back), etc. I've seen items from 1990 on ebay and even earlier
(for example) people picked up in secondhand shops (not the style I'm looking for though so perhaps
not quite back far enough) but it must be around, after all vintage shops have things from the 60s,
people somewhere will have kept them but how do we find who they are to buy them from?

It can be an item actually from the 80s that has been kept. Or it can be one manufactured later. As
long as the item is the same as the equivalent 80s item:

- Materials used: Polyester/lycra (since this blend was used commonly in the 80s for 1-piece).
(lycra spandex?). I'm not sure the percentages of each material but it should be what was done
in the 80s.

- Type of weave (was it spun or woven? etc whatever they used in the 80s), how it was made, how the
fibres are joined together to make the final item

- Style (cut/shape is similar to done in the 80s)

In summary it should be the same as if you went into a shop in the 80s and bought one then - except
it's now. Unless someone has one sitting around that wasn't used much and it survived.

Very early 90s might be OK if the item is still same as mid 80s & late 80s.

For example they don't make many polyester/lycra swimwear these days because it doesn't survive as
well in chlorine (though it is still made because it's fine at the beach, and is OK in chlorine if
used occasionally such as only in summer), they often use nylon/lycra these days but this looks
completely different kinds of items and no good use with imitating the 80s, also poly/lycra is more
'fitting' material (follows the lines) so it's really a different look to the swimsuit just on the
material used as well, the 80s look.

The kind of weave is important too, because it affect the final texture and the look of the
item as well.

If you want to know examples look up any book with 80s swimwear in it and you can see what I'm
looking for.

Actually I've found some companies (custom swimwear company) selling competition poly/lycra similar
to 80s but haven't found companies selling beachwear (which is what I'm looking for too).

Let me know if you know of any links or email I can write to who may know of somewhere to find these
items. You can reply direct to my email, or can post to the newsgroup (up to you).

Thanks.

Everyone to wear them back in late 80s and early 90s just
that we seem to have become more conservative it seems (both
kids & adults) in the late 90s

relations up by making available to females to be able to
buy things that guys like (and they liked them too,
either way).

Have a look at http://agonswim.com/ because they sell
poly/lycra competition swimsuits (and this is 2004 now).
They sell them for both kids & adults. They are better
product too, the polyester/lycra ones, because they fit
better to the body (the lycra follows the shape better) so
if you have trouble finding one that looks good on your body
shape then a poly/lycra often does look good. The only
disadvantage is it doesn't last as long in chlorine, you
have to wash it in water afterward if you want to maximize
lifetime, if you use it at the beach then of course it's
fine. But then that's OK because everyone used to do that
anyway (in late 80s) and also you get a superior product in
terms of how it looks and the materials used in manufacture.

Agonswim is for competition swimsuits. I don't know where
you'd go if you want one that is not a competition swimsuit
(for example just to use at the beach), you could buy a
competition one anyway I suppose (unless you know of other
companies making P/L swimwear).

We probably would need someone to make up a list of
companies selling P/L swimwear (if anyone has one
please post!).

> I preferred the old black nylon leotards myself. You know
> the ones

> good against my skin. Sadly no-one makes them for adult
> sizes and

nylon/lycra. Some nylon/lycra swimwear just looks like
wearing a raincoat or plastic (which really has no appeal,
theres not much in appeal in wearing something looking like
a bit of plastic over you) and others just looks like
wearing a t-shirt (nothing special really), it doesn't look
much good at all, for swimwear it needs something different
& better, and polyester/lycra is a more appropriate material
(in terms of texture & how it looks).

manufacture in the late 80s (and still some made like that
now), because 99% of all swimwear made in the shops was made
from polyester/lycra. I think it was just the best thing to
make it from.

Now we tend to have nylon/lycra more common, evidently the
chlorine issue has got in the way (poly/lycra has to be
washed in water when you get home if you swim in chlorine
whereas nylon/lycra doesn't) but it isn't as good and I
don't think you should have to settle for an inferior
product (nylon/lycra) just for a bit of convenience when you
get home (which is not much anyway, to put it under the tap
for a few seconds to rinse it). When poly/lycra was mass
produced it was still inexpensive. It still costs about the
same these days too & is better.

For competition swimsuits you can still certainly buy P/L
because then, for competition its always important to have a
good swimsuit.

Maybe someone has a list of websites selling P/L swimwears ?

Everyone to wear them back in late 80s and early 90s just
that we seem to have become more conservative it seems (both
kids & adults) in the late 90s

relations up by making available to females to be able to
buy things that guys like (and they liked them too,
either way).

Have a look at http://agonswim.com/ because they sell
poly/lycra competition swimsuits (and this is 2004 now).
They sell them for both kids & adults. They are better
product too, the polyester/lycra ones, because they fit
better to the body (the lycra follows the shape better) so
if you have trouble finding one that looks good on your body
shape then a poly/lycra often does look good. The only
disadvantage is it doesn't last as long in chlorine, you
have to wash it in water afterward if you want to maximize
lifetime, if you use it at the beach then of course it's
fine. But then that's OK because everyone used to do that
anyway (in late 80s) and also you get a superior product in
terms of how it looks and the materials used in manufacture.

Agonswim is for competition swimsuits. I don't know where
you'd go if you want one that is not a competition swimsuit
(for example just to use at the beach), you could buy a
competition one anyway I suppose (unless you know of other
companies making P/L swimwear).

We probably would need someone to make up a list of
companies selling P/L swimwear (if anyone has one
please post!).

> I preferred the old black nylon leotards myself. You know
> the ones

> good against my skin. Sadly no-one makes them for adult
> sizes and

nylon/lycra. Some nylon/lycra swimwear just looks like
wearing a raincoat or plastic (which really has no appeal,
theres not much in appeal in wearing something looking like
a bit of plastic over you) and others just looks like
wearing a t-shirt (nothing special really), it doesn't look
much good at all, for swimwear it needs something different
& better, and polyester/lycra is a more appropriate material
(in terms of texture & how it looks).

manufacture in the late 80s (and still some made like that
now), because 99% of all swimwear made in the shops was made
from polyester/lycra. I think it was just the best thing to
make it from.

Now we tend to have nylon/lycra more common, evidently the
chlorine issue has got in the way (poly/lycra has to be
washed in water when you get home if you swim in chlorine
whereas nylon/lycra doesn't) but it isn't as good and I
don't think you should have to settle for an inferior
product (nylon/lycra) just for a bit of convenience when you
get home (which is not much anyway, to put it under the tap
for a few seconds to rinse it). When poly/lycra was mass
produced it was still inexpensive. It still costs about the
same these days too & is better.

For competition swimsuits you can still certainly buy P/L
because then, for competition its always important to have a
good swimsuit.

Maybe someone has a list of websites selling P/L swimwears ?

Everyone to wear them back in late 80s and early 90s just
that we seem to have become more conservative it seems (both
kids & adults) in the late 90s

relations up by making available to females to be able to
buy things that guys like (and they liked them too,
either way).

Have a look at http://agonswim.com/ because they sell
poly/lycra competition swimsuits (and this is 2004 now).
They sell them for both kids & adults. They are better
product too, the polyester/lycra ones, because they fit
better to the body (the lycra follows the shape better) so
if you have trouble finding one that looks good on your body
shape then a poly/lycra often does look good. The only
disadvantage is it doesn't last as long in chlorine, you
have to wash it in water afterward if you want to maximize
lifetime, if you use it at the beach then of course it's
fine. But then that's OK because everyone used to do that
anyway (in late 80s) and also you get a superior product in
terms of how it looks and the materials used in manufacture.

Agonswim is for competition swimsuits. I don't know where
you'd go if you want one that is not a competition swimsuit
(for example just to use at the beach), you could buy a
competition one anyway I suppose (unless you know of other
companies making P/L swimwear).

We probably would need someone to make up a list of
companies selling P/L swimwear (if anyone has one
please post!).

> I preferred the old black nylon leotards myself. You know
> the ones

> good against my skin. Sadly no-one makes them for adult
> sizes and

nylon/lycra. Some nylon/lycra swimwear just looks like
wearing a raincoat or plastic (which really has no appeal,
theres not much in appeal in wearing something looking like
a bit of plastic over you) and others just looks like
wearing a t-shirt (nothing special really), it doesn't look
much good at all, for swimwear it needs something different
& better, and polyester/lycra is a more appropriate material
(in terms of texture & how it looks).

manufacture in the late 80s (and still some made like that
now), because 99% of all swimwear made in the shops was made
from polyester/lycra. I think it was just the best thing to
make it from.

Now we tend to have nylon/lycra more common, evidently the
chlorine issue has got in the way (poly/lycra has to be
washed in water when you get home if you swim in chlorine
whereas nylon/lycra doesn't) but it isn't as good and I
don't think you should have to settle for an inferior
product (nylon/lycra) just for a bit of convenience when you
get home (which is not much anyway, to put it under the tap
for a few seconds to rinse it). When poly/lycra was mass
produced it was still inexpensive. It still costs about the
same these days too & is better.

For competition swimsuits you can still certainly buy P/L
because then, for competition its always important to have a
good swimsuit.

Maybe someone has a list of websites selling P/L swimwears ?

The one-piece purple Lycra swimsuit - in the picture - she
is standing near the net with her back to us. That's an
example of what I'm looking for. It's made from
polyester/lycra (you can also tell the type/style I'm
looking for from the picture).

Anyone know web links for who sells them?

Thanks.

"Jevan" <jp@jevan1.com> wrote in message
news:g8GZb.1909$KS1.66100@nasal.pacific.net.au...
> Looking for swimwear 80s polyester/lycra 1-piece
> girls/kids.
>
> Know of any web links, or email of someone who is selling?
>
> Ideal is a web site shop that has items same as if you
> went into a shop in the 80s and looked then (eg target,
> etc). For example perhaps retro/
vintage
> clothing shops, second-hand shops (if they happen to have
> clothing from
that
> far back), etc. I've seen items from 1990 on ebay and even
> earlier (for example) people picked up in secondhand shops
> (not the style I'm looking
for
> though so perhaps not quite back far enough) but it must
> be around, after all vintage shops have things from the
> 60s, people somewhere will have
kept
> them but how do we find who they are to buy them from?
>
> It can be an item actually from the 80s that has been
> kept. Or it can be
one
> manufactured later. As long as the item is the same as the
> equivalent 80s item:
>
> - Materials used: Polyester/lycra (since this blend was
> used commonly in
the
> 80s for 1-piece). (lycra spandex?). I'm not sure the
> percentages of each material but it should be what was
> done in the 80s.
>
> - Type of weave (was it spun or woven? etc whatever they
> used in the 80s), how it was made, how the fibres are
> joined together to make the final item
>
> - Style (cut/shape is similar to done in the 80s)
>
> In summary it should be the same as if you went into a
> shop in the 80s and bought one then - except it's now.
> Unless someone has one sitting around that wasn't used
> much and it survived.
>
> Very early 90s might be OK if the item is still same as
> mid 80s & late
80s.
>
> For example they don't make many polyester/lycra swimwear
> these days
because
> it doesn't survive as well in chlorine (though it is still
> made because
it's
> fine at the beach, and is OK in chlorine if used
> occasionally such as only in summer), they often use
> nylon/lycra these days but this looks
completely
> different kinds of items and no good use with imitating
> the 80s, also poly/lycra is more 'fitting' material
> (follows the lines) so it's really a different look to the
> swimsuit just on the material used as well, the 80s look.
>
> The kind of weave is important too, because it affect the
> final texture
and
> the look of the item as well.
>
> If you want to know examples look up any book with 80s
> swimwear in it and you can see what I'm looking for.
>
> Actually I've found some companies (custom swimwear
> company) selling competition poly/lycra similar to 80s but
> haven't found companies selling beachwear (which is what
> I'm looking for too).
>
> Let me know if you know of any links or email I can write
> to who may know
of
> somewhere to find these items. You can reply direct to my
> email, or can
post
> to the newsgroup (up to you).
>
> Thanks.