Sew Much Fun in the Summer: Fashion Designer Launches New Line of Retro Swimwear
Home Business, July, 2005 by Sandy Larson
Think Gidget. Think Annette Funicello in “Beach Blanket Bingo.” Both classic Hollywood beach babes turned plenty of heads in their day without wearing one of those “barely-there” swimsuits popular among today’s generation of sunbathers. Teresa Coates of Portland, Oregon, and designer of Two Piece Polka swimwear, is trying to bring back the less revealing swimsuit styles of the past.
The suits are reminiscent of the glamour of the 1940s and ‘50s,” Teresa says. “They are sexy in a modest way.” The single mother of two and student at Portland State University, who learned to sew at the age of 12, began sewing professionally four years ago. Prior to specializing in vintage-style swimsuits and beach totes, she sewed a variety of items, ranging from aprons to wedding...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
