MPX5074234: Bathing Girl: Glamour on the Clacton Beach: L. to R. Maureen Kenn, 21, Waitress Clacton; Barbara Jollies, 21, Red Coat Ilford; Sherral Mason, 19, Red Coat Blackpool; Kay Garton, 15, office worker Walton on Naze; Christine Reynolds, 18, Secretary Walton on Naze; Sandra Doddridge, 18, Receptionist Clacton; Jacqueline Wood, 16, Waitress Clacton; Peggy Palmer, 16, Waitress Clacton. June 1960 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5074427: National sewing contest fashion show and prize giving. Entries from all over the country flooded into the national Sewing Contest, results of which were shown today at the Mayfair Hotel, London in the from of a fashion show which included all the regional winners and the national winners. As a finale 5 yr old Jacqueline Domey rode a pony on to the stage wearing Jodhpurs and jacket made by her cousin, National Prize Winner Miss Deborah Fuge, of Cornwall. A model wears a beach outfit in narrow striped white and yellow comprising bloomers, bra, coat and outsize sun hat, made by Mrs. E.J. Lawrence, Bexley Heath, Kent. June 1951 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5074494: Undressing on the beach with the aid of a towel his been made easy by the simple device. A roll towel with a waist band let in at the top and the remaining spaces either side to put your arms through allows to slip off your bathing trunks and by taking it round your shoulders to undo and change a bra. The bottom is open for removal. You can undress and dress and dry yourself at the same time. It is wholesaled at about 25/-. This is useful for both men and women. This useful towel-cum-dressing gown-cum-tent in the summer time. May 1952 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5074508: Clothing Swimwear: Shimmer me timbers! It's actress Pat Roberts, 22, pictured showing off a 1961 golden fabric beach outfit of bikini top, shorts and jacket. The other half of the bikini is under the shorts, and the whole outfit was seen at a London fashion show. Pert Pat is braving the cold to show you the gold near her home at Kensington, London. November 1960 / Bridgeman Images