The Ugly Shower Curtain - Redux  

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cant miss with clear or matt black or a frosted clear or dark green.Dont try to match those 30s tile colors, very hard to do.With a simple curtain you allow the vintage to sing on its own...please dont try to DO a 30s bathroom this is 2010...

Why not something simple that goes with everything?
Like plain white.
Here's my favorite: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=101967
It's cotton, so you'll want an inner vinyl liner: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=10604206
And you'll need nice hooks, too: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=13849528
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=101967

The Ugly Shower Curtain - Redux
Thanks. Very useful advice.

WHITE
esp in this case(considering surrounding colors) is really not a neutral but probably glaring.White in many cases is a very invasive choice.

Hmm, ok.
What do you think about the porcelain fixtures in the room, though? Would it be ok to have a white toilet, or would you want that to be black or dark green, too?

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I think in a dark tone bathroom the gleaming white fixtures look wrong...history tells us at first most bathrooms were largely white.The fixtures have hung on as white even to this day...

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many higher end 30s batrooms had colored fixtures...a relative of mine has pale green,black and lavender tile...with the toilet sink tub is pale lavender...

The Ugly Shower Curtain - Redux
The fixtures have always been white, including a white, cast iron tub with a satin nickel faucet. The floor, when I first encountered it 36 years ago, had lineoleum, which I couldn't abide. I replaced it with small, white American olean tile. I thought I might replace it this time but can find nothing I think will look better. I am having a modern, straight lined (no curves) satin chrome sink on legs (with white china top) with a shelf on the bottom, satin nickel faucet and satin nickel lights, with hooks and an additional glass shelf for storage. Am leaving period dynomite medicine chest, although the mirror is worn. Lights will be similar to what is being removed (period satin nickel) but placed better for better lighting. The walls will be a fairly close salmon match (after reviewing both Ben Moore fan decks, with many test samples). If I can't stand that, I'll repaint it white. You who are still awake are probably saying blech (George Nelson is sexier) but I'm now thinking if I can stand the darkness, matte black sounds pretty cool.

Hey Fastfwd, I followed your advice, lo these many years ago, and bought a very nice crystal pattern vinyl shower curtain, and bought the fabulous Hotel C brushed nickel hooks.  However many years later, I came home from a short trip and my cleaning lady had managed to lose one of those hooks.  Yikes, they are no longer sold by Bed Bath online and Ihave looked on the net.  Everyone, and I mean everyone, seems only to have the closed system ones with the keyhole shape and the little roller bearings.  My husband has those in his bathroom but my are they ugly.  True they don't fall off so you don't have the problem I now have but...  Any idea where I can get those wonderful Hotel C rings?  There is no manufacturing info on them and of course I threw out the package long ago.  Thanks so much.

Mine have been in storage for a while (glass shower doors in my current place) and I don't remember exactly what they looked like... But maybe these will match yours:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281571974268

Fast fwd, you are a seven day wonder!  That is exactly the one.  Although it's noted as pre-owned and looks crooked, I only need one and can pick the best one from the set.  The only thing remotely like it that I found, after hours of searching  was
http://www.wayfair.com/keyword.php?keyword=c+shower+rings&ust=&command=d...
 
which is not the same at all!  Thanks so much for your help.

I come from the shower curtains should be whimsical contingent.  It's a big expanse of plastic, how stylish can they be?  Ours are goldfish.  For us it works.

Waffle, I think you're correct but in my case, with burgundy and brownish orange tile, I wanted (and want )to keep it as neutral as possible.  However, when I get on a kick, I look at a gazillion of what I'm looking for and I think I even remember your shower curtain, and I think that the goldfish color just might work!  However, for the moment, I'm keeping my crystal-themed vinyl 'til it drops.

I can't abide other than real architectural pattern in my decor -- so I use the translucent colorless shower-curtain "liner" as my curtain. I note the maker has begun reinforcing the first and last grommet hole -- a good move.  They last a couple of years and then get replaced with a clean one.  The worst issue is perhaps the folds, which hang out only after a few months of use.
A light-transmitting shower curtain is important in my bath, whose window in is the bath-tub  recess.