Celery Bikini

Another plant-themed bikini. This time it's Evelyn Hayes who, as "Celery Queen" of National City, CA in 1939, got to wear a celery bikini.

Though, again, it wouldn't yet have been called a bikini. More like a celery hula skirt and top.

Pittsburgh Press - Apr 2, 1939

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 16, 2017
Category: Fashion | 1930s

Comments

So were Adam and Eve actually just shown celebrating the fig harvest?

Posted by BMN on 07/16/17 at 08:18 AM

Surely, there is a bikini made from melons.

Posted by Virtual on 07/16/17 at 11:31 AM

http://i.imgur.com/8vrnq7c.jpg

Posted by Phideaux on 07/16/17 at 07:36 PM

It's clear why this lovely lady was chosen Celery Queen. Look out for hungry rabbits, though!

(Or better yet, bring on the hungry rabbits!)

Posted by Brian on 07/16/17 at 08:45 PM

For the ladies of WU, this is some male attire.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/80783387039547725/

Posted by BMN on 07/17/17 at 09:17 AM

I see her swimming around in a Bloody Mary.

Posted by KDP on 07/17/17 at 09:35 AM

How very like, and yet unlike, Josephine Baker.

Posted by Richard Bos on 07/17/17 at 11:21 AM

Seems like a very weird photographic perspective. Either that, or she's related to the Jolly Green Giant.

Posted by Frank H on 07/18/17 at 04:07 PM

Technically, it can't be *called* a bikini before 1946. 😉

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini#Modern_bikini

Posted by Tribune on 07/19/17 at 07:45 PM

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