Swimming champ, movie star and all-around glamour girl Esther Williams was one of our favorite retro beauties! In the 1940s and ‘50s, she became famous in the athletic world for swimming on Billy Rose’s Aquacade, a dance and swimming show that performed at the World’s Fair. The bathing beauty captured the attention of the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and went onto star on the silver screen alongside Van Johnson, Lucille Ball and Frank Sinatra. Naturally, her knack for water and glam makes her the perfect namesake for a dreamy, retro swimwear line!