Only normal bathing costumes may be worn when swimming at public swimming pools as significant water can be wasted just by swimming in casual clothing.
She was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then-accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example.
As they dive back into the past, they conjure, as though from some spirit world, a nimble chorus of toned young swimmers in trim black bathing costumes.
