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[ Be mae =~ pangs SRM Striped-knit topper and loll suit with middy collar, Jantzen. f JA Lo TR UNE is the month we use to get ready for summer -- physically and fashionably. We buy the extra swim suit, a smart new beach outfit, start getting a tan. Cottages are opened For the weekends, motor-vacationists start plan- ming their routes, school turns loose its holiday- eager hordes. June is the month that "busts" out! It's 'the traditional month for weddings. It's the an- nual opening of the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford. It's the nicest month of the year. June is active sportswear time. It's the 'last chance to find adequate store-stocks of summer cottons, crisp summer silks and beach- wear before the depleted stocks go on July sale. Swimwear has gone a long way since the daring Annette Kellerman introduced her com- pletely-covering one-piece bathing suit. This year there seems to be a definite return to the one-piece idea -- much more figure-revealing .than Annette"s, of course. R the last few years the two-piece swim- suit was first choice with both swimmers and sun baskers. Last year swimsuit manu- facturers made a definite bid to push the bikini into first place. In Canada, at any rate, the 'bid failed. Perhaps the interest in the one-piece swim- suit is due to the elegance provided by new materials ahd built-in bras . ... "the bosom. is high and precise, thanks to shelf bra con- struction," says Jantzen. This cover-up look, with the interesting bustline, can be much more provocative than expanses of untanned skin or midriff rolls of fat. Jantzen, for example, has cleverly pro- vided a number of one-piece suits with a two- piece look . . . gaily striped tops combined ONTARIO TODAY Swim suit and beach smock in white cotton. with solid color swim shorts as in the sketch on these pages. Many of their two-piece suits® are less revealing too. In front they curve high sedately. Brand-new is their "ribbon" swimsuit, an elasticized, ribbon-knit maillot, made from five special yarns' -- as in the photograph. It isn't too many years ago that swim- suits were either wool or cotton. Now there are too many fabrics used to mention them here. A few are satin lastex, tweed lastex, printed faille, double-layered nylon tricot, velvet-flocked floral printed cotton, floral brocade knit, Otto- man texture knit in four colours, even fur- fabric. Good planning on the part of manufactur- ers has teamed many of their swimsuits with color matched or co-ordinated sun-and-play clothes, sometimes in the same fabrics, some- times in matched cottons, linens or man-made fabrics. Added to the "pop-overs" and "pullov-- ers' in knit lines are new "pull-ups", such as tunic tops which unbutton on the shoulders to permit easy step-into covering for beach or patio. HE patio has become an important addition to summer living, especially with swimming pocls now within the price range of many home- owners. This patio life opens up a whole new wardrobe idea, from swimsuits with cover- ups through playsuits to evening casuals . . . such as a bold striped poncho, a perky box- pleated short-short beach dress with matching panty, a sleeveless "hip skimmer" and matching knee pants, a sleeveiess tank top over a wrap- around skirt with patch pockets, a side-slit playdress over matching panty ... or the sleeve- less smock with deep patch pockets that Sportempos (USA), believes will' soon become a classic iook for beaches and patios and the JUNE 3, 1961 Maillots in ribbon-knitting. romper playsuit with matching front-buttoning skirt that Miss Sun Valley (Toronto) is featur- ing in their summer sportswear line. Also new and important in casual wear is burlap, in black or natural color, hot pink or bright orange. It is specially slanted for the young set, in tunic and Jamaica shorts or dirndl skirt with checked gingham shirt or straight skirt and overblouse. Homespun is also proving popular, as in the Miss Sun Valley photograph of natural-color homespun slims and fringed top and the full skirt and jacket top, both using yellow trim as a contrast. June is the month to start your tan. Always remember the following sun-rules: for the first few swimsuit exposures, time yourself faithfully. Five to 10 minutes is enough for a morning and for an afternoon sunning. Be sure that your suntan cream or lotion is intended to screen the harmful sun rays. Some of the suntan cosmetics are merely camouflages, to give you a look of suntan during those first few embarrassing days when you look overly