For women who worked out indoors, in a small gym, at home, or in a woman’s only athletic club, the knit wool swimsuit was a better option in the late 1920s. The body hugging fit … See more

Back to girls, from gymnasium or sport clothes came the gymsuit, a romper-like outfit designed especially for athletics. Both girls and women wore a version of the gymsuit fro… See more

The playsuit was a gymsuit with matching wrap around skirt. Many gym teachers wore them because they were required to wear a long skirt or dress when not actively teaching gy… See more

While many sport teams used playsuit uniforms, there were other team and school sports that used more modern (i.e. masculine) pairings of top and bottoms. These beg… See more