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Modeta one-piece swimsuit — pale blue
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Woman's one-piece swimsuit in pale mint/seafoam knit. Wide square neckline, thick straps, princess/panel seaming shaping the torso, and a brief-style lower body; the interior is fitted. The fabric is a matte stretch knit (not shimmery), now faded, discolored, and soiled, with some seam wear and fraying at the leg openings. Brand "Modeta," Made in Czechoslovakia (interior label not clearly legible in these views).
2025.1.380
Belonged to Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
A socialist-era Czechoslovak swimsuit. Modeta originated as a national enterprise in Jihlava in 1949 and became known mainly for swimwear, which it began producing in the 1960s. The enterprise was formed by merging Jihlava knitting factories, and at the end of the 1960s a new combined knitting plant was built (operational from 1975). As synthetic/elastic materials developed, Modeta specialized in them and became the leader in swimsuit manufacture.
The Cabrera Arús family collection
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecition
2025.1
Female
Blue
Stretch swim knit — cotton and/or synthetic with elastic (elastane/Lastex); exact blend tentative (Modeta specialized in elastic synthetics).
Modeta, národní podnik
Jihlava
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
Europe
Date: circa 1960s–1980s; tentative (Modeta swimwear production began in the 1960s; within the collection period as an import).
Brand "Modeta"
No size
Outer swimsuit body with straps; built-in inner bra/shelf; panel-seamed construction. Single integrated garment.
Fair
Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez
owner
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use