Let's Look at These Whimsical Swim Caps from 1963

A woman in an elaborate swimming cap, 14th August 1963. (Photo by Jamie Hodgson/Getty Images)

This one is A HOOT! It looks like a terrible lampshade. Most of these swimming caps have names, via Informative Caption, which I'll put in the title of each slide if I have them, but this one does not and I assume it's because the copywriter in charge of naming these saw this one and just threw up her hands.

Daisy Daisy

A woman modelling a swimming cap with artificial flowers on it, 26th July 1965. (Photo by Jamie Hodgson/Getty Images)

This one feels very 60s -- and perhaps even a little ahead of its time.

Pineapple Head

A woman in an elaborate swimming cap, circa 1963. (Photo by Jamie Hodgson/Getty Images)

This one is called PINEAPPLE HEAD! That feels very on the nose. Also, it's great. I am so sad I don't have a pool right now, to which I could wear a series of increasingly eccentric swim costumes.

Pixie

"Pixie" and "Pineapple Head" are not THAT different, you guys.

1001

This one feels like it's for your woman who actually DOES want to work on her breaststroke and doesn't need any foofy bullshit on her head.

"Fabric"

"I'm definitely not actually going in the pool, but this is very cute, right?"

"Tile"

"My goal is to actually match the tile I've just had put into my pool." (All jokes aside, I do love these. Let's bring the whimsical swimming cap back.)

"Comet"

This is sincerely divine.