The bathing suit Elly is describing with skirts, cups, ruffles and inserts, those bathing suits were from the 1950s and early 1960s. The bathing suits in 1950s usually had a sweetheart neckline with a short skirt. The top had padded or formed cups to enhance the bust. Ironically, you can get them now as retro swimsuits and they are back in style. Elly is only 40 years old in this comic strip, so why would she reminisce about the bathing suits of her early teens?
I don’t remember any new truth in advertising laws in 1988. The closest I can find is the 1986 Competition Act by the conservative government of Brian Mulroney.
While the joke is “truth in advertising”, once again the story moves perilously close to an uncomfortable subject. If the 1988 swimsuits are advertising, then what are they selling? It sounds like they are advertising for the sale of women valued only for the appearance of their bodies.
The bathing suit Elly is describing with skirts, cups, ruffles and inserts, those bathing suits were from the 1950s and early 1960s. The bathing suits in 1950s usually had a sweetheart neckline with a short skirt. The top had padded or formed cups to enhance the bust. Ironically, you can get them now as retro swimsuits and they are back in style. Elly is only 40 years old in this comic strip, so why would she reminisce about the bathing suits of her early teens?
I don’t remember any new truth in advertising laws in 1988. The closest I can find is the 1986 Competition Act by the conservative government of Brian Mulroney.
While the joke is “truth in advertising”, once again the story moves perilously close to an uncomfortable subject. If the 1988 swimsuits are advertising, then what are they selling? It sounds like they are advertising for the sale of women valued only for the appearance of their bodies.