Vintage-Inspired Swimsuits Hit Australia Fashion Week (PHOTOS, POLL)

Australia's Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival 2010 is well under way and while looking through Wednesday's runway photos, we fell in sartorial love with the vintage-inspired bathing suits sent strutting at the Ella Bache Splash Swim & Resort Wear group show. Take a look at the different designs below and tell us which is your fave.

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[Norm]

01:24 PM on 09/07/2010

Those women are terribly thin. Way too thin.

[Brad Boothe]

12:12 PM on 09/07/2010

I love the look of one piece swimsuits. Bringing the look back!

[nathan wiley]

08:49 PM on 09/03/2010

I love vintage swim suits. I think women look very sexy in them.

[Nichole Boultas]

01:59 AM on 08/29/2010

So if vintage swimsuits made a comeback there, does that mean it will return in other fashion week shows?

[Sassytall]

08:47 PM on 08/28/2010

Love them...now if they would just put some women with curves in those swimsuits..........like there used to be...... They'd be in business

[Nichole Boultas]

02:00 AM on 08/29/2010

I agree sassy tail. Enough with the skinny chicks.

[anothervoice]

02:40 PM on 08/28/2010

These are great. Total eye-candy. Very hot.

I think these models en masse on the beach, contrasted with the Brazilian strings and fluorescent thongs the tramp stampers wear would elevate the whole environment. It's the difference between a Rolls and a Chevy.

More! More!

[MizzAfrodite]

06:17 PM on 08/27/2010

just my style. love it

[Mitzy]

02:05 PM on 08/26/2010

I love vintage suits. So feminine.

[prdamericanmom]

09:10 AM on 08/26/2010

Who wears high heeled clogs to the beach?

[alsm9]

12:52 PM on 08/26/2010

They aren't at the beach, it's a runway show.

[mamapower]

09:51 AM on 08/27/2010

LOL

[Jced]

08:26 AM on 08/26/2010

The blue and white stripe onepiece and the two piece black suit.....but girls! Gain a little weight for crying out loud!! Split a Tic Tac or something!

[anothervoice]

02:41 PM on 08/28/2010

Lol. Yup. Still elegant though.

[bepa]

02:46 AM on 08/26/2010

These young women look so thin that it looks unhealthy.

Its difficult to understand why this unhealthy appearance would help sell anything to anyone

Don't people care about the health of the models? Who wants to look like that?

[littlepuffycloud]

12:18 AM on 08/26/2010

The bottoms of the black 2-piece look like stretched out granny panties.

[Mitzy]

02:12 PM on 08/26/2010

I hate the term granny panties. Silky briefs with lace and designs are so much more sexy and feminine than a bandaid tied to two strings. And boyshorts? Sexy on a boy, maybe, but not on a feminine woman.

[wishfulslinking]

10:43 PM on 08/25/2010

Ho hum

I was excited at the headline, but will continue to have a seamstress run them up from 60's patterns.

[nuana]

09:32 PM on 08/25/2010

Feh ...not original.You can find most of these swimsuit variations at modcloth.com. Fabulous website.
http://www.modcloth.com/store/ModCloth/Womens/Swimwear

[wishfulslinking]

10:43 PM on 08/25/2010

Thx, going to look.

[wishfulslinking]

10:46 PM on 08/25/2010

Nope, they lack the fanatical attention to detail of the originals.

The construction UNDER the50's/ 60's suits gave them their unique look.
The silhouette cannot simply be copied without the underlying seams, bra, darts, and and tailoring..

[anothervoice]

02:42 PM on 08/28/2010

Yup. It's as much architectural as it is biological.

[youngrasc]

10:42 PM on 08/28/2010

that's true, but these swim suits are surely lighter than the originals?

I love the style myself. Far more flattering. I've yet to see a woman in a 'cut out' swim suit who doesn't look like she has scoliosis

[verycold]

09:01 PM on 08/25/2010

Some great suits. I especially loved the one voted #2.