European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Less is better Beach attire yesterday s bathing suits such As this 1910 costume Witti breeches tunic and stocking revealed Little flesh. Times have changed. Today the swimwear trend Heads toward near nothing with High leg suits especially popular.  United press International i n the 1920s, censors armed with Arras warrants cruised the beaches of new Jersey s premiere Rasoul in search of Brazen hussies who refused to Wear stockings with their bathing bloomers. One such rebel Louisa Rosine a 39-year old novelist from los Angeles was spotted strolling Iho Allan lie City Boardwalk with her stockings rolled Down Baring her Knees for All the world to see. When a police officer approached her Rosine struck an Early blow for feminism and today s Bod Baring swimsuits by refusing to Roll up her stockings and then smacking the officer. She ended up spending part of her Seaside vacation behind bars. Times have changed. The voluminous flannel bathing frocks of he roaring 20s have been snipped away bit by Bil Over Iha years into Small scraps of fabric that just barely cover the essentials. Nobody knows that belter than Louis Bloom one of the acknowledged sultans of Southern new Jersey swimwear. Bloom s three Looie a shops Outlin Many of the Best dressed Sun worshippers in Ailan Lic City and its environs a beachwear peddle Tor 20 years Bloom 41, said the trend toward near nothing in swimwear shows no signs of slopping in 19b7. People Are much More  in part. Bloom credited the loss is Bollor trend in Beach alive to the diet and fitness crazy thai has produced supple bodies i hair owners love to display. This summer beachcombers 31 Atlantic City. Ventnor Margate City wik Twood and other prime Southern now Jersey Sun spots  alluring French or High Cut legs and plunging necklines and backs gloom said. We Foci Iota High Teg suits Are still going to be As Strong As Ever Bloom 3akd. Tha style which caught on about three years ago remains popular largely because of tvs slimming altering look he added bikinis will still be very much in evidence. Bloom predicted and beaches will glow Wilh glittering metallic suits in Gold and Stiver fabrics As Well As intricate splashes of opalescent sequins sparkling Shine stones and shiny snaps Melaric suits started Asl Spring and they be caught on. Glitz anything trial s got life to in Bloom said. Again you have people that have Good solid bodies and they want to show them of and be Coto Tull still he says the Best suits year in and year out Are Cut in Basic Black and White. That is always the dominant  Bui this Spring shoppers browsing through the Racks in Looie s main store in posh Margate City South of Atlantic City will find a Rainbow of hues in addition to classic jewel tones Turquoise Jade Emerald Ruby arid Sapphire Bloom is blocking fuchsias baby pinks Lemons Salmons and peaches. Me also expects Floral safari including Zebra prints Khaki gunmetal and snakeskin patterns to be popular Bloom in pegged a Slithery snakeskin Turtleneck suit priced at $80 to be one of his big Sellers this season. His other Choice is a Bandeau lop suit for $60 thai has a sequins bodice. Most stores carry Good solid swimwear labels like Jantzen Catalina Bloom said. We carry things like thai but the strength of our business is  Looie s carries 25 different manufacturers 15 of them designers such As Golter of Israel Gideon Oberson Oiva Bif Blass Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Jan Marie. When the Sun shines at its brightest customers line up at the changing rooms 20 deep Bloom said and his sales Force works diligently to match each customer s body wha lever its shape and sue to a swimsuit that will be a Tallering. The Bottom Bottom line is. The suit has to lit Bloom said. You be got a very Small piece of labile and it s got to cover All the right places at the right times and that s whal s going to sell the  Eft a Bombeck the trouble with Model Homes is they Haven t been inhabited by bad Habil s. The work spaces never have gym clothes on them. The disposers never have sauerkraut irom the night before. The sofa cushions Are never stacked on the floor m Iron of the to set. The dining room table never has several loads of laundry on it. Model Homes ate Pristine monuments to Zero population As you sink into Virgin carpets and your lace is Relle cled in the was bowls. A Ierio is no double in your mind thai if Slucky hands touched Iho Light switches. The entire alarm system would go off summoning three police cruisers. Iwo ire trucks and a paramedic somehow As you file through the rooms being careful never to stray from Iho plastic path you entertain fantasies Hal it will always remain this Way of sure and every Friday night Nancy Reagan watches Falcon Crest the Barren Kitchen counters last about 15 seconds alter the strippers arrive Home from school. They re the kids who drop off books and hats on in Sling a Scari Over the Kitchen table throw a jacket Over the to set in the living room shed shoes in the hallway and lock themselves behind a bathroom door to finish the Job. The master bedroom that was so elegant when you first saw in now has Mounds of underwear inside out dotting the floor that look like Mounds in a cow pasture there Are newspapers on the floor by the bed and a Towel covering the lamp Shade to Liliuse the Light or a spouse who goes to Bod to sleep. Drinking glasses have become the no. T accessory and Are found under Beds on the porch stuffed Between chair cushions on shelves in fireplaces and Hal milled with Creme nose on the Edge of the Bathtub. Co Floe cups Dot the House like cookie crumbs thai say follow me i m in Here if the House has n second floor la e is always a pile of Coats toilet tissue sweeper and laundry on the Bollom step awaiting " he next one who goes  no one has gone upstairs since you moved in. The other Day i admitted to myself would never have a Model Home As Long As there were shoes. I picked up gym shoes under the Collee table boots in the hallway heels by the front door slippers in to bathroom clip loops under the Kitchon table and sandals on to porch. Then remembered a woman from Cathedra City calif., who had written me i be been a widow or iwo yogis alter 47 years of marriage to a wonderful Guy. I wish he were hero now to Hoar me grumbling As i pick up his Damn shoes loft under the col tee Lable the night before " maybe i be got a Model Homo and Don t know it it 1937 los Angela times Edicar Page 16 the stars and stripes monday March 23, 1987