Fresh out of the sultry styles worn by Hayworth, Grable, Stanwyck and Joan Crawford!
These sexy items show enough yet cover enough to show off a fairly good figure but omit the almost totally nude look of today's bikini's.
Saw an old Bond movie where Ursula and others were vamping around in their bikinis.
They were considered "revealing" and even "shocking" to many but today, young and not so young women would consider them a joke.
One can't even purchase underwear which cover that much, let alone a swim suit.
I think this is just a concession to the aging and fatening of the usa. No matter how they slice it, a fat woman in a bathing suit is going to be a fat woman in a bathing suit. No amount of stripes, dark patterns, or any trickery will diminsh that.
The women in the black and white picture above are fit that is why the suits are flattering. not the other way around.