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Women's red rubber Capella swimming cap
Women's red rubber Capella swimming cap

Women's red rubber Capella swimming cap

Maker
Date1960s
Object number00003949
NameSwimming cap
MediumRubber
DimensionsOverall: 180 x 170 x 170 mm
ClassificationsClothing and personal items
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis bright red moulded rubber Capella swimming cap features an overall raised star pattern. Worn by women to accessorise with their swimsuit, rubber caps also served to protect the permanent wave hairstyles popular during the 1950s and 1960s.HistoryHighly decorated swimming caps made of rubberised fabric were in vogue in the 1950s and 60s. Often designed by milliners, caps were brightly coloured, appliquéd with flowers or ribbons and sometimes moulded into unusual shapes.SignificanceThis cap is representative of beach and pool fashions of the 1950s and 1960s.