Word: topless
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...find Senator Goldwater's candidacy for the G.O.P. nomination not unlike the topless bathing suit; scandalous and with no widespread support...
...After seeing your picture of the topless bathing suit [June 26], I can easily guess what comes next: the gownless evening strap...
Rudi was right as rain. His topless bathing suit (designed as "a prediction of things to come") was first modeled in the flesh for buyers early this month, drew S.R.O. crowds and, of course, caused raging controversy. "Now come, boys," wrote the New York Herald Tribune's Eugenia Sheppard, "girls have been dropping the tops of their suits for years." "It has no dignity," snipped Designer Norman Norell, "it's rock bottom." Colleague Oleg Cassini explained that the suit could hardly influence him. "I'm already very conscious," he yawned, "of that part of the anatomy." Through...
...week's end, with all counties still not heard from, the topless suit remained a most delicate issue. As with Fanny Hill, the meek trembled while the smart set shrugged. English Channel Swimmer Florence Chadwick got practical and confused things even more. "I'm too modest to wear a topless suit," said she, "but it actually would be more comfortable. It would be even more comfortable to swim without the bot tom as well...