1947 Fresh from the Sid’s Room Collection, it’s a pair of Barbie Legs grafted on a Midge torso. It was an odd style; it actually made your hips look as though they were consuming your upper body. Judging from the model’s expression, it hurt, too. Her legs look like they're on backwards somehow, too.

This is described as “An Oriental Note . . .of knitted rayon and lastex which boasts an oriental print insert.” "Boasts" might not be the right word – “admitted after extensive questioning without attorney present” might be better.

She poses by the old-style cast-iron life preserver, which the California llifeguards threw to people stupid enough to get themselves into trouble. Threw at them, actually. Knocked them out, and they drowned.