Covington, Ky., is not going to have "anything to do with those topless swimsuits for women, but Vancouver, Wash., may find itself in the mainstream of modern fashion because of its past.
Covington's City Commission Thursday night adopted an ordinance prohibiting the "sale and or wearing of a one-piece suit or apparel which allows the breast of the woman to be exposed."
In Vancouver, however, a reporter dug up an 1880 ordinance which says: "No person shall bathe in the water of the Columbia River or any lake within the corporate limits of the said city or in any creek or slough within the city limits between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. without having a suitable bathing suit, which shall cover the body from the waist to the knee.
The bare bosom bathing suit as designed by Rudi Gernreich comes somewhat above the waist, but from there to the shoulders there are only two strings-thin strings.
Buyers from clothing stores across the nation viewed the topless wonder this week in New York. Some buyers stocked up, but other snubbed it as not in keeping with the moral tone of their town.
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