Word: lastex
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Inner secrets," says Rose Marie Reid, "create a foundation fit," for a maillot of zephyr wool and Lastex. Catalina's striped suit, resembling a TV channel that needs focusing, is made of lisle cotton, clings to the bodice, has loose, boy-length shorts. Cole of California's "Venus" is a wrapped-to-the-figure white drape. "It's putty in your hands," says Cole, "but on your figure it sculpts you as Pygmalion sculptured Galatea...
...while the Middlebury girl cannot drive, drink, wear dungarees except in the dorms or to, from, and at labs or an active sport, or sun-bathe in a lastex bathing suit (any other type is permissible), she has won faculty respect...
...tendency to cover up has not spread to bathing suit styles. Streamlined, one piece lastex suits provide the active swimmer with beauty and durability. Both Bikini and more highly styled models have also continued their appeal to feminine swimmers...