I thought this edition of the Hat Glossary ought some how celebrate the official calendar start of the summer (June 21st y'all!). And what better hat than the swim cap!

I love the (above) photo from Market Publique! Click on the photo to visit their blog post with all the photos from the shoot.
Photographer: Chito Yoshida
Model: Giselle
Styling: Pamela Castillo for Market PubliqueI think we all pretty much know what a
swim cap is. Am I right? It's that tight fitting latex, Lycra or silicon cap that prevented pool water from soaking your costly perm or getting inside your ears or making you as fast as an otter. It's that thing that is rarely worn nowadays for casual pooling but speedy swimmer types probably own, like, about, well, probably at least, um...one? I don't suppose you would need days of the week swim caps? Not a bad idea though.
Well anyway. You may have heard of Playtex before. Yeah, they're the ones. They offer women (and men?) an assortment of brassieres, tampons and baby bottles. Right. But did you know that they once supplied the women of this world with
chic and stylish swim caps? Check these awesome caps from the 1960-70s era.
Don't EVER go to swimming alone.


Note to self: a lady must always wear full on make up and eyelashes to the beach.

Jerry Hall knows how to make her swim cap go the extra mile:
May 1975
Vogue March 2008
Photographer - Mario Testino
Stylist - Grace Coddington
May 1941
Photographer: Tom Palumbo.And now if you didn't think this post could get any more exciting... you can buy your very own new vintage inspired swim cap!

Buy new vintage inspired swim caps at
Headcovers Unlimited and
WBH Swimwear. Ahem, one petal cap in pastel peach, please!
Buy real vintage swim caps at
Glamour Surf or
ebay probably even has a few, too. Careful, though these new ones look almost identical to the old!Now get your SPF 45 and get to the pool!