1961 Welcome to the world of Rudi Genreich, Sixties Fool. Yes, he gave the world the miniskirt, but that wasn’t exactly the most dazzling example of non-linear thinking. Let’s see – hemlines have gone up and down for the last several decades. I shall make them go up – 17 percent higher than expected! I think him for that, but most of his work – the unisex look, the long zippers, the monokini (toplessness aside, it just looks stupid), the patterns based on “Fantastic Voyage” lung-cell tissue, the sets for “Space: 1999,” et cetera. But this – well.

The love-handle cutouts are a nice touch; the fellow appears to be wearing a guy’s version of the fishnet outfit sported by those ladies back in the 30s. But if he ever answered “Does this make my head look fat?” you’d have to be honest. Dude, your head is like from some other guy. It’s like you’re made out of Sears catalog models all mixed together or something. Wear some padded shoulders and lifts, ‘cause you’re freaking us out.

Her swimsuit is described as a “Black Plastic Diaper Trapeze,” which might be the best possible description of the sixties I've ever heard.