Mel Brittner Wells is the founder of Beefcake Swimwear. "Beefcake started because a non-binary friend of mine wanted a 1920s-style swimsuit, but the only ones she could find were vintage originals ...

Women’s swimwear was neither comfortable nor practical back in the day, as Daisy Ridley can attest. To play trailblazing ocean swimmer Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea (in theaters ...

The actress wore replicas of the heavy, wool swimsuits that Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle donned in the 1920s Elena Nenkova/ Disney Daisy Ridley in 'Young Woman and the Sea' Women’s swimwear was neither ...