23 Unnecessary Vintage Inventions That Never Took Off

Have you ever thought about the buoyancy of wood as a swimming suit? If treated properly, we know that wood is an excellent material for building and engineering boats, but we can’t say we ever considered this fashion material.

Well, in 1929, the Gray Harbor Lumber industry created an ad campaign featuring the “Spruce Girls.” Like many advertising and marketing campaigns, the campaign’s clear objective was to promote wood as a material. While cheap and easy to make, these “modern” bathing suits didn’t last long in fashion.