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Wednesday, June 3, 2020


The Isle of Capri in 1955 was the setting for this List image.

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  1. I am most interested to note the high rise bikini trunks in Italy from 1955, which are the absolute opposite of what was deemed acceptable in the conservative 1950s in the Anglosphere. I don't know what the young Italian man-about-town was wearing under his trousers at the time, but this contrasts with the Nylon stretch bikini underwear increasingly popular in America and Britain - where anything sexy was still a very private matter. Not that I imagine Eisenhower ever sent Anthony Eden a pair of Jockey Skants for Christmas, the tag marked "Love, Dwight".

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    1. What you say is true. While I was researching the recent series featuring promotional material from 50's physique magazines, I noticed some underwear and swimwear ads which were slipped in among those for the photo studios. The contrast you mention was quite evident. Hmmmm . . . maybe I should do an underwear/swimwear ad series sometime.

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  2. I would appreciate that very much. What never ceases to fascinate, is that so many schools, the Y and municipal swimming baths at the time insisted on males swimming naked.

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  3. Bel giovane maschio di capri
    Solo sdraiato li attira molti uomini.

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  4. Capricci, solo dormendo. Bel giovanotto.

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  5. Belle jeunesse a Capri. Il m'a l'air allemand, pas italien. L'eau scintillante et les gouttelettes sur son corps sont accentuees par la lumiere. Il m'a l'air allemand, pas italien. Peut-etre Monsieur List a-t-il fait voyager la jeunesse avec lui.


    Gentilhomme a Paris

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