Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), Saturday 6 January 1940, page 1
FUN on the
BEACH
. A d»a s h of Mexican color for life on an
ocean wave
slashed trousers and gay top that bares your midriff to the
sun.
. Blue satin lastex follows fashion edicts with wasp waist and hip tucks to give the polo-
naise silhouette.
. Handy little wrap of white terry towel-ling. It protects your shoulders and coif-fure, and flaunts two huge initialled pockets to hold
your make-up.
. Red linen peg
top playsuit with starched white pique Dutch bon
net. (Right.)
1 . Super-glamorous bustled bathing suit in green taffeta with paprika touches of red. (Bottom right.)
V
. Of Spanish in-spiration - white cotton broadcloth brassiere and trunks garnished with navy cotton
braiding.
. Candy - striped swimsuit with deceptively demure long sleeves contradicted by brief trunks and a broad strip of "you" round the middle.
(Top centre.)