costume, bathing

swimsuit

suit, bathing, woman's red machine-knitted woollen bathing suit; the woollen fabric with self-check pattern; the suit has shaping to upper provided by two straight darts to each cup; empire-line; halter neck with long knitted cream and red horizonatally-striped ties which cross at the upper back and pass through loops to upper back before being tied; with an overpanel to cf forming a skirt-like effect; completely unlined; with drawstring (a cream shoelace, probably replacement for original cord) threaded through uppermost seam of garment. Size label "W"

Applied Arts and Design