Summer: The Active Control Board

The active control board takes over, offers a disciplined figure compatible with easy action.


A blue leotard with white outline at the throat. About $6. By Danskin.



Above left, A nylon taffeta bra (about $7) and white elasticized nylon power net girdle (about $9). By Emilio Pucci for Formfit. Above right, A white nylon bra with an elasticized nylon back (about $6). The power net girdle (about $6) has elasticized satin panels. By Warner's.

Photographs by Maria Martel for Harper's Bazaar, June 1959.