
No strings attached: A brief history of swimwear, from heavy skirts of linen linked to women's drownings, to the skimpy ...
When the weather warms, cool water beckons. However, as we cast off our layers and slip into our swimsuits, we might perhaps spare a thought for our ancestors: it wasn’t so long ago that going for a dip entailed donning soon-to-be-sodden woollens, …