30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Bikinis, Speedo briefs, that Baywatch bathing suit in showcase of swimwear and swimming
A new exhibition dedicated to all things swimming has opened at London's Design Museum. It features everything from an Olympic gold medal to the red bathing suit Pamela Anderson wore in Baywatch.
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'Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style' features more than 200 items that look at our love of water since the 1920s, be it at the lido, the pool or in nature.
'The show explores the last century of
swimming through the lens of design,' Amber Butchart, guest curator of the exhibition, said.
'We begin in the pool, we move into lidos, and then we end in nature and each of those sections allows us to explore different themes, whether it is materials and making, whether it is the … evolution of
swimwear as a fashion object , or whether it is swimming in outdoor spaces and the architecture that allows access for that.'
Swimsuits on display at the exhibition, which looks at swimwear and swimming through the decades. Photo: Reuters
The red bathing suit Pamela Anderson wore in Baywatch on display at the exhibition. Photo: Reuters
