how to dress different swimwear?

As swimwear for women and  micro bikini shrinks and more flesh wins freedom the question of skin protection becomes increasingly important, especially for normally protected and sensitive zones like breasts. One result of the minimal demands of water fashion of the late seventies in the rise of the manufacturers of sun care products. Here one of the European brand leaders, Delial, demonstrates the freedom of its products from sunburn.

On 1 April 1940 in the East End of bomb-ravaged London, a former Royal Flying Corps pilot, Leonard Horsnell, bravely launched his third enterprise - a clothing manufacturing a company which he called Nelbarden.

Early output was confined to blouses but in 1958 the company felt the need to broaden its base and nervously launched a range of 12 one piece swimsuits and brazilian bikini.

Since then Nelbarden has grown to become one of the leading UK manufacturers, exporting to over 100 countries, yet still remains under the active guidance of the Horsnell family.

Both these garments are Nelbarden inspirations from the early seventies; on the left a jaunty military one piece swimsuits, high waisted bathing suits and on the right a striking square cut micro bikini that has yet to be rivalled.