Gotta Be Prada, Vintage Photo
This is a picture of my grandmother taken in 1956 on her honeymoon in Cairns. I think the whole shot is fantastic, the old snorkel, bathers and flippers - it simply captures her personality; colourful and slightly wild. It was taken on what would be the first of many exotic trips in which my grandfather would force my grandmother to experience all there was to experience. What attracted me firstly to the photo was the amazing bikini which just seems so stylish and secondly the fact that my grandparents, now 83, are still going on similar trips -sailing down the Dalmatian coast of Croatia this year! I hope you like the picture as much as I do.-Iona
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post a commentStunning:)!!
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What a fabulous photo- she looks amazing. Stylish, athletic and fun...I love how the colours in the shot have that faded Gilligans Island look. And I've just noticed she has her nails done- divine.
Wow wow woW ! Love this one!
Peace and love!
So glamourous!!! I've noticed that although almost every historical trend has been repurposed, I haven't seen the comeback of this bathing suit style - at least not in mass fashion culture. Shame!
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Love the photo, your grandma looks cooool!
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i love it. it looks so natural, beautiful!
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She looks...awesome! It's funny how even the snorkle and the flippers match her amazing bikini. She certainly looks like someone to have lots of fun with.
She is so so so beautiful!
Sunshine!
hah, oh gooshh! love this photo: )
wow! you should think about coming visit with her this summer! :)
wow! she looks fantastic with a lot of glamour and style!
The photo is magic!
would it be weird if I hung your grandmother's photo in my house?
this picture is just amazing! it really looks pradaish, but more than else i love, that in the pic is captured your grandmas energy and elegance! Adorable…
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great photo :) what a lovely smile :)
This might just be my favorite photo in the vintage photo category so far!! Its really wonderful.
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Cette photo est vraiment magnifique !
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haha well your grandma is quite the looker isn't she? I'd soo wear her bathers!
Fabulous! Would be super cool blown up and used in a beach house/cabin! Your Granmother is stunning!
Great picture. Full of life !:D
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This is absolutely gorgeous! Her expression tells it all. <3
This an absolutely beautiful photo! It's filled with such happy emotion, and your grandmother seems like an amazing (and stylish) woman!
Fabulous!
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The bikini is absolutely amazing! Great colours, by the way! I would love to see these combinations in a dress!
that bikini is so adorable !( :
pretty!
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Wow, I've never seen a vintage photo like that before! Greetings to Iona's grandparents, hope they enjoy their Croatia trip!
Gorgeous! A wonderful photo of a super stylish - and happy! - lady.
Love everything about it!
What beautiful tints! What a beautiful, *real* figure sporting a bikini!
perfection
These photos make me want to hop the next boat out to anywhere. This is so beautiful and fun. And it's so nice to hear that they're still going strong today :)
what a great photo!
thanks for sharing :)
love the colours in the bikini.
wow. that swim outfit is amazing. the whole photo is amazing.
love it! the past and the present. familiar and exotic together.
Adore this photograph!
Hot grandma! Great pic. I'll be so happy in my dotage, so long as all my memories are in silver picture frames all around me, and I have a view of the sea (from an Oliver Messel house in Barbados).
this is a great photo, that's a great bikini
i wanna go snorkeling sometime, gonna have to learn to swim first haha
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this photo is incredible. gorgeous swimsuit. funny that the vintage shaped swimwear look is coming back into style... after low rise bottoms have been big for so long - now there is a backlash.
still not sure how all our grandmother's managed to have such tiny waists!! really need to cut out the mcdonalds!! xx
This photo is perfect-from the fabric to the boat in the background! Fantastic!
Her swimsuit is out of this world!
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What an amazing photo! She is beautiful and that swimsuit is amazing! Such personality.
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This might be my favorite bikini that I have ever seen. Amazing! Plus, I hope to have the same life as Iona's grandparents...never lose the adventuresome spirit!
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Super Fanstastic - Timeless, elegant and a bit FUNKY!
So sweet =)
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What a fantastic photo! She looks so chic and back then it was a lot harder to do I can imagine... ohh I just love this blog.
Thanks so much for sharing this photo. While your grandfather may have had the adventurous heart, your grandmother must have been quite a catch herself! Fit, fashionable and up for the challenge. I'd love to find that kind of relationship...and lifelong love...based on discovery and shared curiosity.
Wow! This kind of picture captures timeless moments of happiness and perfection....
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Wonder what kind of fabric this is? Exquisite detailing. I like the lipstick and nails. I want to marry someone who "forces" me into such situations. xx
FAB swimsuit!!!!! I think the vintage photos are heating up!!! does this mean we are getting close to finding out who the winner is??? come on the anticipation is killing us!!!!!
This is wicked. Totally awesome. And she has the perfect figure for the bathing suit too.
There is something about vintage photos, I think it's the people, how they smile and pose, it's so natural!
Love it!
this photo is just perfect.
The comments for this photo are unanimous and I will join the ranks in saying that it an absolutely Brilliant shot overall - your grandmother's joy and beauty, the bikini of course and the background!!!
What are the details on the bikini? Yes, this bikini should definitely be revived for today and am impressed that "MJCK" noticed the color coordination of the snorkel...
Just great!
this is so cute! its great to see how fashion evolves and revolves with time.
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Beautiful composition and amazing bikini! I really love the colors of this picture
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I love this photo... it's so perfect and I love that it was taken in Australia which probably wasn't exactly the style capital of the world back then!! The photos and stories about people's grandparents and relatives have been so great, are you going to make a book of them?
LOVE IT!!! What a great pic :)
everything about this is so awesome!
It DOES look like Prada!
Love those subtle colours.
Love her swimsuit. I wish people looked this good nowadays. x
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Really? Your grandparents will be sailing through Croatia this summer?
Wow, what a small world (since I'm a Croatian!)
Hope you'll visit us, too! :D
And the photo is absolutely fantastic!! I love it!! the bikini is awesome!!!
This is my WIFE!! She looks good but as a person she is BETTER! 54 years of blissful marriage - 9 grandchildren
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I love seeing pictures of your grandparents, they always look so elegant refined and beautiful.
I would love to share with you some pictures of my maternal grandparents. They were both part of the IT crowd before the partition of pakistan and as such there are some very grand outfits and lots of pictures with a lot great people from history
Wow. Hot grandmother. Hot bikini.
This is my WIFE!!She looks good but as a person she is even BETTER. -54 years of married bliss
John
Wow!!
This is just so amazing!
It captures pretty much everything I like with the 50's; the style, the colourfulness, the joy and the "new times" after the war. Even though I'm a real fan of wartime and it's fashion, this is that kind of photo that inspires me to dress in late 50's today. If only that bikini still was avaivable!! I can sew, but that fabric is one of a kind...
Thank you Iona fo sharing thi lovely photo of your grandmother!
The colours are amazing in this photo! They are all creamy gelato-like colours! So appropriate and divine!
Greetings to Iona's grandparents-welcome to Dalmatia coast.ineida
Lovely looking lady & fab bikini!
fantastic!! what a fun lady...and her bikini! its perfect!!
hey shes my grandmother too! my grandmother is now way cooler than i am
This is the most fabulous photo...if only we could find something so stylish and of course look as sensational as your grandmother. I suspect she has as much style today as she did then. Wonderful post, thank you. xv
great shot...I love vintage pictures...
Super fantastic pic! Blessings to your grandparents and may they continue to have many more adventures.
The past few vintage photos you've featured emphasize how the high-waisted silhouette feels right now.
She really must have been in love!
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LOVE HER!
i'm.from.Dalmatia!!
:))
Oh her bathing suit is amazing, I'd wear it today! Such a beautiful picture too!
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Charming and beautiful! I wonder if you are the Iona from the UK I knew from Appel Farm in the 90's
What a wild and free spirit. Love her (and the bikini, naturally, too)!
AMAAAZING!!!
OMG i love her swimsuit !
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This is simply fantastic. So much spunk!
I aaaadoooore this!!!!!!!! Take me back to the fifties please!
love everything about it. just brilliant!
it would be awesome in a modern version,with smaller pants,these just look...wide.
I hope they will have fun over here! ;)
oh! outfit, manicure, that fit body and wonderful smile! love this woman
I love everything about it, especially the adorable awkwardness.
That looks like a woman who decided early on that life should be anything but boring!
too good to be true!
There is something so inspiring about this. Thank you Iona (and Scott) for sharing this.
best bathing suit ever!!!! your grandmother is beautiful!
Rocking Bod!
killer legs!
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That is one phenomenal picture!
Really, it's like a short time travel. Absolutely fantastic!
As a passionate freediver with a soft spot for the 1950s I simply adore the picture!
Love the image and what she express in it
Really faboulus!!! :-)))
love it. that is exactly how a woman's body should be. curvy and feminine!
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she is absolutely adorable in that bikini! a very pretty young woman. what a neat vintage family photo.
That is one of the coolest bikinis I have ever seen, and your Grandma wears it so well--I would post this photo on my fridge for style inspiration!
Wow! Classic.
Very nice. She smiles like Garance! :)
She is stunningly beautiful.
Love the pic :)
it's obvious...someone like you had to come from fantastic ancestors!!she seems so advanced for her time!
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to use a Rachel Zoe expression:
"Beyond"
this photo is WAY beyond!! what a vibrant, beautiful young woman your grandmother is here!
love her.
P-A-R-F-A-I-T!!!!
Wow! Great photo & I live in Cairns - I wonder where this was taken - maybe on the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns.
I'm glad little ol' Cairns gets a mention on this world famous site! Cheers! Col
My friend said that this picture is so me, and now that I see it this is probably the best picture EVER!!!!! Thank you for posting this you made my day!
so amazing!
i love her swimsuit!!!!!
She looks so happy.. love the bathing suit in her very fit body! :) they dont come in these size anymore... shame.. love your granmere..
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i think this is my favorite post on here ever! wonderful photo & style!
That bikini is absolutely gorgeous! And she looks so fun and glam at the same time. Great.
This bathing suit is truly amazing!
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The swimsuit is absolutely fantastic!
this is an amzing vintage photo, very inspiring :)
love it ;)
wow!!!!
what a photo....
I love everything about this pic! Even the sepia tone ;-)
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topshop, if you're listening; please do this swimsuit. Most gorgeous thing i've ever seen.
and it is my favourite post ever too.
What a beautiful and fun photo!
I am looking for a perfect fifties bathing suit for ages now, unfortenately no luck so far..
FanTAStic!! I love this photo - and even more so after reading Iona's description of her grandmother. Thank you for sharing.
The shoes are quite a bold statement.