page_title: Rose Marie Reid
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Rose Marie Reid / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo shows a "Starlight" Rose Marie Reid swimsuit from 1956 owned by the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University displayed on a dressform.
context_page_description: Rose Marie Reid, born Rose Marie Yancey, was a Canadian-born American swimsuit designer who was extremely popular and successful in the 1940s-60s. Reid believed that every woman should feel just as glamorous in a swimsuit as she did in an evening gown, and she designed her suits accordingly.
context_section_description: Rose Marie Reid was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She shared her faith with neighbors and business associates. She also had many Jewish friends with whom she shared her beliefs.  She did some of this work in the 1950s in cooperation with LeGrand Richards and Hugh Nibley. Reid suggested that Richards title his book Israel! Do You Know? (instead of the original Judah! Do Yo Know?). With Richards' encouragement, Reid authored a lesson plan for explaining Mormonism to Jewish investigators. Rose Marie also helped with many fundraising efforts for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including fundraising for the construction of church buildings and the Los Angeles California Temple in 1954. Rose Marie designed the "Starlight" swimsuit and had local Relief Society members sew sequins onto the suits. This suit, also known as the "Relief Society Suit," sold for $50. She donated the profits from this extremely commercially successful suit to the construction fund for the temple. "Starlight" was so popular that Life Magazine ran a two-and-a-half page spread about the suit’s success in 1956. In 1959, Rose Marie was asked by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to redesign LDS temple garments. Rose Marie was also a very generous benefactor to Brigham Young University and served on the National Advisory Council. She also gave a "Devotional" speech at Brigham Young University in 1953.
caption: Starlight Swimsuit
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